The fountainhead art

An analysis of Dominique Francon from The Fountainhead. Includes explained quotes from The Fountainhead. In-depth analysis of Dominique Francon.

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THE FOUNTAINHEAD (1949) - Patricia Neal & Gary Cooper as architect "Howard Roark" - Directed by King Vidor - Warner Bros.

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

Chesley Bonestell matte painting for "The Fountainhead," 1949.

"There is no room for originality in architecture." --Howard Roarke It is rare a best selling novel translates successfully onto the silver screen. (Gone with the Wind, yes. Bonfire of the Vanities, no). And often it's a toss-up. Such was the case of novelist Ayn Rand's critically reviewed yet immensely successful book The Fountainhead (1943), the story of maverick architect Howard Roarke who some say is loosely based on Frank Lloyd Wright. Roarke battles the staid architectural…

Her first major literary success, Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead is an exalted view of her Objectivist philosophy, portraying a visionary artist struggling against the dull, conformist dogma of his peers; a book of ambition, power, gold and love, published in Penguin Modern Classics. Architect Howard Roark is as unyielding as the granite he blasts to build with. Defying the conventions of the world around him, he embraces a battle over two decades against a double-dealing crew of rivals who…

Gail Wynand

One of my favorite books "The Fountainhead"