Main entry:

Schmitt, Ronald E.

Title & Author:

Sullivanesque : urban architecture and ornamentation / Ronald E. Schmitt.

Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2002.

Description:

348 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-331) and index.
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.

Summary:

"Sullivanesque offers a visual and historical tour of a unique but often overlooked facet of modern American architecture derived from the work of 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 buildings he designed, coincided with his "form follows function" aesthetic."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0252027264 (alk. paper)
9780252027260 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924 Influence.
Sullivan, Louis H. (Louis Henri), 1856-1924 Influence.
Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924
Sullivan, Louis H. 1856-1924
Sullivan, Louis H.
Architecture Illinois Chicago History.
Architectural terra-cotta Illinois Chicago.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural United States.
Architecture Illinois Chicago Histoire.
Terres cuites architecturales Illinois Chicago.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux États-Unis.
Architectural terra-cotta.
Architecture.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Architektur
Bauornament
Gebouwen.
Architecten.
Ornamentiek.
Culturele invloeden.
Illinois Chicago.
United States.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 224156
Call No.: NA44.S949.9 S3 2002
Status: Available