Sullivanesque urban architecture and ornamentation Ronald E. Schmitt. txt
Idioma: Español Urbana : University of Illinois Press University of Illinois Press 2002Descripción: viii, 348 p., [16] p. of plates ill. (some col.) 29 cmTipo de contenido:- text
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Highly regarded in architecture for inspiring the Chicago School and the Prairie School, Louis 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 buildings he designed, coinciding with his "form follows function" aesthetic.
Masterfully framed by the author's photographs of Sullivanesque buildings in Chicago and throughout the Midwest, Ronald E. Schmitt's in-depth exploration of the Sullivanesque tells the story of its evolution from Sullivan's intellectual and aesthetic foundations to its place as a form of commercial vernacular. The book also includes an inventory of Sullivanesque buildings.
Include index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-331) and index.
Contents: Nature patterns in the urban landscape --
Early Sullivanesque skyscraper and prominence --
Later Sullivanesque: small buildings and anonymity --
Sullivan's former employees --
Ornament: materials, artisans, and early suppliers --
Stock Sullivanesque and the Midland Terra Cotta Company --
Sullivanesque architects in Chicago --
Chicago streets: a Sullivanesque vernacular --
Appendix: An inventory of Sullivanesque buildings.
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Schmitt (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) documents architect Louis Sullivan and the extent of his influences, particularly on urban architectural ornamentation. A significant portion of the book is devoted to the terra cotta companies that produced the geometric designs in middle to high relief that were used for both interior and exterior effect on Sullivan's buildings. In that regard, it is far more complete than David Van Zanten's Sullivan's City (2000), but in other regards is similar in content. Schmitt does not cover the biography of Sullivan as well as Robert C. Twombly in Louis Sullivan: His Life and Work (CH, Sep'86), but there is enough biography for the beginning to intermediate reader on Sullivan. The essays are excellent and easy to read, and reproductions are good (mostly black and white). A very helpful and unique inventory of Sullivanesque buildings in the US is part of the appendix, but, inexplicably, there is no bibliography. One could glean a bibliography from the extensive notes, but it is a cumbersome process. If a library had to choose between Van Zanten and Schmitt, the recommendation would be Schmitt, but it is a toss-up. Architecturally intense libraries will need both. Lower-division undergraduates through professionals. C. Stroh Western Michigan UniversityNotas de autor provistas por Syndetics
Ronald E. Schmitt is a professor emeritus in the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.