The Annotated Mona Lisa: Pages 126 - 127 Flashcards
1
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The Birth of Modern Architecture
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- new designs were made to express a building’s commercial purpose, without any overlay of historical ornament
- first new school of architecture built in Chicago
- most architecture innovations done in New York
2
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Sullivan: The First Modern Architect
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- Louis Sullivan (1856 - 1924)
- virtually invented the skyscraper
- he was not appreciated as much in his day as in ours
