The testament of stone : themes of idealism and indignation from the writings of Louis Sullivan / edited with an introduction by Maurice English.

Main entry:

Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924.

Title & Author:

The testament of stone : themes of idealism and indignation from the writings of Louis Sullivan / edited with an introduction by Maurice English.

Publication:

[Evanston, Ill.] Northwestern University Press, 1963.

Description:

xxvii, 227 pages 24 cm

Notes:
On the head of a pin -- Architecture and democracy. Characteristics and tendencies of American architecture -- Emotional architecture as compared with intellectual -- The modern phase in architecture -- An unaffected school of modern architecture, will it come? -- The young man in architecture -- What is architecture : a study in the American people of today -- The Chicago Tribune competition -- Reflections on the Tokyo disaster -- The World's Fair--and after -- The pivotal themes. Function and form -- The creative impulse -- Democracy and the spirit of man. Selections from Natural Thinking -- Selections from Democracy : A Man-Search -- A selection from The Autobiography of an Idea -- Invocation to the Winter God.

Subject:

Architecture and society.
Architecture et société.

Added entries:

English, Maurice, editor, writer of introduction.
English, Maurice, 1909-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 75850
Call No.: 1577; ID:86-B13420
Status: Available

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