Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946 · New York, A. A. Knopf · leaf 38
ubconsciously such a spell upon the mindseven of his critics and detractors, that it resulted inthe emancipation of this type of building from anabsurd and impossible convention—the practice,common before his time, of piling order upon or-der, like a house of cards, or by a succession ofstrongly… … PLATE III. THE PRUDENTIAL BUILDIX<-_, BUFFALO, N. Y. THE >;rV .J.K PUBLIC LIBkARY ASTOR, LENOXTILDEM i-OUi-JJ-.TK Before the War predecessors dealt always with trepidation andequivocation, Mr. Sullivan approached with confi-dence and joy. What, he asked himself, is thechief characteristic of…
Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924 · Architecture · Architecture -- United States · Decoration and ornament
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