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influence of Friedrich Froebel

Jeanne Spielman Rubin

Intimate Triangle: Architecture of Crystals, Frank Lloyd Wright and the Froebel Kindergarten

Rubin, motivated by Frank Lloyd Wright's credit to the early childhood influence of Froebel Kindergarten on his architectural design, illuminates the crystallographic basis of the Froebel Kindergarten and the intriguing connections to some of the greatest talents in the arts and sciences of the twentieth century. A must for anyone interested in early childhood education or the creative forces behind the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright.

Alan Friedman, Director of the New York Hall of Science
"A delightful and immediately useful connection between the science of crystallography, early childhood education, and the practical art of architecture"

Vincent Scully, Sterling Professor Emeritus of the History of Art. Yale University
"Froebel's kindergarten emerges as a prime germinating factor for the arts and science of the twentieth century"

Sheldon White, Psychology chair, Harvard University
"An impressive piece of creative scholarship"; "nontrivial statement about an effect of early experience on later human development"

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