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Sullivanesque: Urban Architecture and Ornamentation
Ronald E. Schmitt
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Description for Sullivanesque: Urban Architecture and Ornamentation
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 123 photographs; 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7265 x 5665 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1152.
Sullivanesque offers a visual and historical tour of a unique but often overlooked facet of modern American architecture derived from Louis Sullivan.Highly regarded in architecture for inspiring the Chicago School and the Prairie School, Sullivan was an unwilling instigator of the method of facade composition--later influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright, William Gray Purcell, and George G. Elmslie--that came to be known as Sullivanesque. Decorative enhancements with botanical and animal themes, Sullivan's distinctive ornamentation mitigated the hard geometries of the large buildings he designed, coinciding with his "form follows function" aesthetic.Sullivan's designs offered solutions to problems presented by new types and ... Read more
Sullivanesque offers a visual and historical tour of a unique but often overlooked facet of modern American architecture derived from Louis Sullivan.Highly regarded in architecture for inspiring the Chicago School and the Prairie School, Sullivan was an unwilling instigator of the method of facade composition--later influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright, William Gray Purcell, and George G. Elmslie--that came to be known as Sullivanesque. Decorative enhancements with botanical and animal themes, Sullivan's distinctive ornamentation mitigated the hard geometries of the large buildings he designed, coinciding with his "form follows function" aesthetic.Sullivan's designs offered solutions to problems presented by new types and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252074646
SKU
V9780252074646
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About Ronald E. Schmitt
Ronald E. Schmitt is a professor emeritus in the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Reviews for Sullivanesque: Urban Architecture and Ornamentation
Honorable Mention, PSP Awards for Excellence in Professional/Scholarly Publishing, 2002.— PSP Awards for Excellence in Professional/Scholarly Publishing