Article: Light shed on Tree of Life: Reproduction of Wright's famous art glass windows will be on display at dedication of Martin House.

Byline: Tom Buckham

Oct. 3--Of the 394 art glass windows that accented the completed Darwin Martin House a century ago, none was more intricate or has grown more famous over the years than the Tree of Life. Created by Frank Lloyd Wright for the mansion's second-floor bedrooms and first-floor reception room, this vertical pattern with iridescent and opalescent green, brown, yellow and gold pieces ingeniously complemented the mansion's interior earth tones, and served as prisms through which those inside viewed the passage of daylight and the seasons. Shifting light conditions activated various colors, producing harmony between the materials and the cycles of ...

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