Sullivan's City: The Meaning of Ornament for Louis Sullivan

by David Van Zanten

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Among many books about the person and work of Louis Sullivan, this unusual volume explores the idea that Sullivan's ornament became increasingly central to his architectural enterprise as his career unfolded. It holds that he used ornament to articulate the masses of the skyscrapers he built at the peak of his career and to humanize them in an increasingly hostile cityscape. In his impoverished old age, when important commissions no longer came to...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0393730387

ISBN13:9780393730388

Release Date:August 2000

Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company

Length:176 Pages

Weight:2.55 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 8.8" x 10.4"

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