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Carson Pirie Scott : Louis Sullivan and the Chicago department store / Joseph M. Siry.
Fine Arts Library NA6233.C4 C387 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Siry, Joseph, 1956-
- Series:
- Chicago architecture and urbanism
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924.
- Carson Pirie Scott.
- Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924--Criticism and interpretation.
- Sullivan, Louis H.
- Architecture--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.
- Architecture.
- Skyscrapers--Illinois--Chicago.
- Skyscrapers.
- Department stores--Illinois--Chicago.
- Department stores.
- History.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- Long recognized as a Chicago landmark, the Carson Pirie Scott Building also represents a milestone in the development of architecture. The last large commercial structure designed by Louis Sullivan, the Carson building reflected the culmination of the famed architect's career as a creator of tall steel buildings. In tins handsomely illustrated study, Joseph M. Siry traces the origins of the building's design and analyzes its role in commercial, urban, and architectural history, while exploring it as a symbol of the reinvigoration of Chicago architecture in the wake of the Great Fire of 1871.
- Both visually and intellectually compelling, Carson Pirie Scott provides an illuminating history of a pivotal architectural work and offers an original, revealing assessment of how Sullivan, responding to the commercial culture of his time, created a fresh, distinctive American building. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- The development of Chicago's State Street and its department stores to 1898
- A chronology of the Schlesinger and Mayer store
- Sullivan's department store on State Street.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Adam H. Fetterolf Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0226761371
- 9780226761374
- OCLC:
- 753351107
- Publisher Number:
- 99954041514
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