Author: University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1582
Book Description
University of Illinois Directory for 1929
Author: University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1582
Book Description
The University of Illinois Directory for 1929, Etc
Author: University of Illinois (URBANA, Illinois)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
University of Illinois Directory for 1929
Author: University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Directory for 1929
Author: University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1354
Book Description
Sullivanesque
Author: Ronald E. SchmittPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252056280
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
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 "form follows function" 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
University of Illinois Directory
Author: University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 1474
Book Description
Educational Directory
Author: American Exodus
Author: Charlotte BrooksPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520972554
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
In the first decades of the 20th century, almost half of the Chinese Americans born in the United States moved to China—a relocation they assumed would be permanent. At a time when people from around the world flocked to the United States, this little-noticed emigration belied America’s image as a magnet for immigrants and a land of upward mobility for all. Fleeing racism, Chinese Americans who sought greater opportunities saw China, a tottering empire and then a struggling republic, as their promised land. American Exodus is the first book to explore this extraordinary migration of Chinese Americans. Their exodus shaped Sino-American relations, the development of key economic sectors in China, the character of social life in its coastal cities, debates about the meaning of culture and “modernity” there, and the U.S. government’s approach to citizenship and expatriation in the interwar years. Spanning multiple fields, exploring numerous cities, and crisscrossing the Pacific Ocean, this book will appeal to anyone interested in Chinese history, international relations, immigration history, and Asian American studies.
Army List and Directory
Author: University of Illinois Directory
Author: University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description