Sullivanesque Urban Architecture and Ornamentation |
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| Author:
| Schmitt, Ronald E. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-07464-6 |
| Publication Date: | May 2007 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $35.95 |
Book Description:
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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 ......
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 ......