Sullivan's city : the meaning of ornament for Louis Sullivan / David Van Zanten ; photographs by Cervin Robinson.

Main entry:

Van Zanten, David, 1943-

Title & Author:

Sullivan's city : the meaning of ornament for Louis Sullivan / David Van Zanten ; photographs by Cervin Robinson.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

x, 179 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes statements by Louis H. Sullivan.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-173) and index.
Entry on the Stage: 1881-1890 -- The New World of the 1890s: The Columbian Exposition and the Schiller Building -- Form and Reform c. 1900 Sullivanism as a Design System -- Why Sullivan's Houses are as Important as His Banks c. 1910 -- Finis, 1922-1924.

Summary:

"Sullivan's City explores the idea that ornament was increasingly central to Sullivan's whole architectural enterprise. When, early in his career, in the 1890s, he emerged as a leading skyscraper architect of Chicago, ornament gave scale and quality to his work. After 1900, as his career declined, it served to identify his buildings and the humane conception they encapsulated in an increasingly hostile cityscape. Finally, the brilliant pencil execution of ornament in his old age became a surrogate for the great architectural projects realized earlier." "David Van Zanten's essay on how Sullivan's ornament shaped the city is illuminated by archival views and new color photographs by architectural photographer Cervin Robinson."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0393730387
9780393730388

Subject:

Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924 Criticism and interpretation.
Sullivan, Louis H. (Louis Henri), 1856-1924 Criticism and interpretation.
Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924 Critique et interprétation.
Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924
Sullivan, Louis H. 1856-1924
Sullivan, Louis H.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural Illinois Chicago.
Architecture Illinois Chicago History.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux Illinois Chicago.
Architecture Illinois Chicago 19e siècle.
Architecture Illinois Chicago 20e siècle.
Architecture Illinois Chicago Histoire.
Architecture.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
Gebouwen.
Ornamentiek.
Illinois Chicago.

Form/genre:

Catalogues raisonnés.
Quotations (texts)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Added entries:

Robinson, Cervin
Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924

Holdings:

Location: Library main 212451
Call No.: NA44.S949.2 V3 2000
Status: Available

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