Sullivan, Louis H. 1856-1924

Overview

Works:	1,074 works in 1,727 publications in 6 languages and 30,679 library holdings
Genres:	Biography History Criticism, interpretation, etc Catalogs Exhibition catalogs Archives Sources Pictorial works Catalogues raisonnés Essays
Roles:	Author, Illustrator, Artist, Other, Author of introduction, Honoree, Dedicatee, Creator, Architect
Classifications:	NA737.S9, 720.924

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Most widely held works about Louis H Sullivan

Louis Sullivan : prophet of modern architecture by Hugh Morrison( Book )
The autobiography of an idea by Louis H Sullivan( Book )
Louis Sullivan by Albert Bush-Brown( Book )
Louis Sullivan : his life and work by Robert C Twombly( Book )
Genius and the mobocracy by Frank Lloyd Wright( Book )

Three American architects : Richardson, Sullivan, and Wright, 1865-1915 by James F O'Gorman( Book )
The idea of Louis Sullivan by John Szarkowski( Book )
Louis Sullivan, an architect in American thought by Sherman Paul( Book )
10 buildings that changed America by Geoffrey Baer( Visual )
American architecture comes of age; European reaction to H.H. Richardson and Louis Sullivan by Leonard K Eaton( Book )
Louis Sullivan : the poetry of architecture by Robert C Twombly( Book )
Louis Sullivan as he lived; the shaping of American architecture, a biography by Willard Connely( Book )
Louis Sullivan and the polemics of modern architecture : the present against the past by David S Andrew( Book )
Louis H. Sullivan : the banks by Lauren S Weingarden( Book )
Carson Pirie Scott : Louis Sullivan and the Chicago department store by Joseph Siry( Book )
The drawings of Louis Henry Sullivan : a catalogue of the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection at the Avery Architectural Library by Louis H Sullivan( Book )
Culture and democracy; the struggle for form in society and architecture in Chicago and the Middle West during the life and times of Louis H. Sullivan by Hugh Dalziel Duncan( Book )
Architecture as nature : the transcendentalist idea of Louis Sullivan by Narciso G Menocal( Book )
Louis Sullivan : the public papers by Louis H Sullivan( Book )
Sullivan's city : the meaning of ornament for Louis Sullivan by David Van Zanten( Book )

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Most widely held works by Louis H Sullivan

Kindergarten chats (revised 1918) and other writings by Louis H Sullivan( Book )

69 editions published between 1947 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 1,236 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"2014 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"--

Louis Sullivan : the function of ornament by Louis H Sullivan( Book )

16 editions published between 1986 and 1989 in English and held by 680 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Werk van de Amerikaanse architekt

A system of architectural ornament according with a philosophy of man's powers by Louis H Sullivan( Book )

45 editions published between 1924 and 1990 in 4 languages and held by 655 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Louis Henry Sullivan by Mario Manieri-Elia( Book )

5 editions published between 1995 and 1996 in Italian and English and held by 622 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Louis Henry Sullivan, author of the maxim "form follows function," is one of the best known and most important American architects of the nineteenth century. A mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, he was a pioneer of the Chicago School and the tall office building. Famous for the elegance and exquisite ornamentation of his works, Sullivan expressed his strong and often iconoclastic views in both his architecture and in a large body of written work. Louis Henry Sullivan traces his life and oeuvre. It addresses his most famous buildings - including the Auditorium Building in Chicago, the Wainwright Building in Saint Louis, the Guaranty Building in Buffalo, and the National Farmers Bank in Owatonna, Minnesota - and reveals many of his lesser-known projects to be underappreciated masterpieces. For the first time, Sullivan's work, which has often been misappropriated, is explored in its historical and theoretical context. Copiously illustrated in color and black-and-white with drawings, plans, and historical as well as recent photographs, this monograph includes a complete chronology of Sullivan's projects and built works, a list of Sullivan's writings, and a full bibliography. Louis Henry Sullivan is the only comprehensive illustrated monograph available on the work of this renowned architect

The testament of stone; themes of idealism and indignation from the writings of Louis Sullivan by Louis H Sullivan( Book )

8 editions published between 1963 and 1981 in English and held by 539 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Democracy: a man-search by Louis H Sullivan( Book )

12 editions published between 1950 and 1973 in English and held by 445 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Louis Henry Sullivan by Hans Frei( Book )

10 editions published between 1992 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 281 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Vienna to Los Angeles : two journeys by Esther McCoy( Book )

7 editions published in 1979 in English and held by 277 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Kindergarten chats on architecture, education and democracy by Louis H Sullivan( Book )

3 editions published in 1934 in English and held by 219 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Louis Sullivan : creating a new American architecture by Patrick F Cannon( Book )

2 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 169 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

From the publisher: Louis Sullivan's designs stand today as leading exemplars of Chicago School architecture. Even Frank Lloyd Wright, a former assistant to Sullivan, would later refer to him as his "lieber Meister," or "beloved master." Sullivan brought to his practice a conviction that ornamentation should arise naturally from a building's overall design, restating, in a large or small way, themes expressed in the structure as a whole. Having spent much of his career in a late Victorian world that bristled with busy, fussy ornament for ornament's sake, Sullivan refuted the fashionable style with the now famous dictum "Form follows function." This break from tradition is perhaps most evident in Sullivan's strides to reimagine the commercial space--from America's earliest skyscrapers to the small-town banks that populated the architect's commissions in the second half of his career. In Louis Sullivan: Creating a New American Architecture, nearly two hundred photographs with descriptive captions document Sullivan's genius for modern design. Patrick Cannon introduces each chapter with key biographical information and discusses the influences that shaped Sullivan's illustrious career. Rare historical photographs chronicle those buildings that, sadly, have since been destroyed, while James Caulfield's contemporary photography captures Sullivan's existing Chicago buildings and many other structures in eastern and midwestern cities that are of equal importance in the architect's oeuvre

The early Louis Sullivan, building photographs by Crombie Taylor( Book )

2 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 138 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Contains photographs of buildings designed by Louis Sullivan in his early professional years taken by late nineteenth century photographers J.W. Taylor, R. Cleveland, H. Fuermann and others

Louis H. Sullivan architectural ornament collection, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville( Book )

3 editions published in 1981 in English and held by 133 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The autobiography of an idea by Louis H Sullivan( Book )

44 editions published between 1922 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 86 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The famous American architect's fascinating look at the early years of his pioneering work, which led to his being called the "father of the skyscraper." Includes a wealth of projects, insights, and evaluations, as well as 34 plates. An essential tool in gaining an understanding of the roots of modern American architecture

Inspiration : an essay by Louis H Sullivan( Book )

9 editions published between 1886 and 2015 in English and held by 51 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The drawings of Louis Henry Sullivan : a catalogue of the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection at the Avery Architectural Library by Louis H Sullivan( Book )

9 editions published between 1978 and 1979 in English and held by 43 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Emotional architecture as compared with classical by Louis H Sullivan( Book )

5 editions published between 1894 and 1973 in English and held by 31 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The idea of Louis Sullivan by John Szarkowski( Book )

11 editions published between 1956 and 2000 in English and held by 27 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Collection of photographs showing examples of the surviving work of the great American architect, Louis Sullivan

Charlas con un arquitecto by Louis H Sullivan( Book )

10 editions published between 1947 and 1959 in Spanish and English and held by 26 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Louis Sullivan : the public papers by Louis H Sullivan( Book )

8 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 23 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Genius and the mobocracy by Frank Lloyd Wright( Book )

7 editions published between 1949 and 1972 in English and held by 20 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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