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020 _a978-1614275855
082 _aARCH
_bSUL
100 _aSullivan, Louis
245 0 _aKindergarten Chats and Other Writings
260 _a.
_bMartino Fine Books
_c2014
300 _a254p.
_c18.9 x 1.35 x 24.61 cm
_rPaperback
504 _a2014 Reprint of 1947 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Louis Henry Sullivan was one of the foremost American architects, and has been called the "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism". He is considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper, was an influential architect and critic of the Chicago School, was a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, and an inspiration to the Chicago group of architects who have come to be known as the Prairie School. Along with Henry Hobson Richardson and Wright, Sullivan is one of "the recognized trinity of American architecture". This collection of his writings includes other essays in additional to the book length "Kindergarten Chats." The are: Characteristics and Tendencies of American Architecture What is the Just Subordination, in Architectural Design, of Details to Mass? Ornament in Architecture Emotional Architecture as Compared to Intellectual The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered The Young Man in Architecture Education What is Architecture: A Study in the American People of Today
650 _aAmerican Art
650 _aArchitecture
650 _aArt
650 _aDesign
650 _aOranametal Designs
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