Schmitt Ronald E. Schmitt

Sullivanesque (eBook, ePUB)

Urban Architecture and Ornamentation

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Sullivanesque offers a visual and historical tour of a unique but often overlooked facet of modern American architecture derived from 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 large buildings he designed, coinciding with his "e;form follows function"e; aesthetic.Sullivan's designs offered solutions to problems presented by new types and scales of buildings. Widely popular, they were also widely copied, and the style proliferated due to a number of Chicago-based interests, including the Radford Architectural Company and several decorative plaster and terra-cotta companies. Stock replicas of Sullivan's designs manufactured by the Midland Terra Cotta Company and others gave distinction and focus to utilitarian buildings in Chicago's commercial strips and other confined areas, such as the downtown districts of smaller towns. Mass-produced Sullivanesque terra cotta endured as a result of its combined economic and aesthetic appeal, blending the sophistication of high architectural art with the pragmatic functionality of building design.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.Honorable Mention recipient of the 2002 PSP Awards for Excellence in Professional/Scholarly Publishing

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Illinois Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780252056284
• Artikelnr.: 72472359

Autorenporträt

Ronald E. Schmitt is a professor emeritus in the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Inhaltsangabe

Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Nature Patterns in the Urban Landscape
2. Early Sullivanesque: Skyscrapers and Prominence
3. Later Sullivanesque: Small Buildings and Anonymity
Photos A
4. Sullivan's Former Employees
5. Ornament: Materials, Artisans, and Early Suppliers
Photos B
6. Stock Sullivanesque and the Midland Terra Cotta Company
7. Sullivanesque Architects in Chicago
8. Chicago Streets: A Sullivanesque Vernacular
Epilogue
Appendix: An Inventory of Sillivanesque Buildings
Notes
Index
Back cover