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9780821226674

The Idea of Louis Sullivan

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  • ISBN13:

    9780821226674

  • ISBN10:

    0821226673

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-09-01
  • Publisher: Little Brown & Co

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Summary

In the early 1950s, John Szarkowski photographed the major buildings of turn-of the century Chicago architect Louis Sullivan. Now, in presenting his photographs with excerpts from Sullivans writings and contemporary sources, he captures the mind, the spirit, and the time of this great architect.

Author Biography

John Szarkowski is Director Emeritus of the Department of Photography, the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Table of Contents

Preface to the new edition vii
Introduction xiii
Terence Riley
Photographer's foreword to the 1956 edition xvii
Prologue 3(159)
Profile of Louis Sullivan 19(12)
End and a Beginning
31(26)
Steel, Art, and the Engineer
57(16)
The Skyscraper and the City
73(12)
New Captains and a New Creed
85(16)
Function (Idea, Spirit) and Form
101(20)
The Victory of the Higher Culture
121(18)
Defeat: The Crucible
139(23)
A Technical Note on the Photographs 162

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