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Zusatztext "Reading [this book], one sees quickly why Vincent Scully (now emeritus) was such a popular lecturer, a charismatic professor whose influence extended broadly throughout the architectural profession and the academy. . . . Scully's writing bears comparison with [the] elevation of the esthetic to an almost religious level, and his particular approach to the architectural object--which he regards ideally both as internally coherent and as somehow 'corresponding' with reality itself--is very much in keeping with the New Criticism." ---Tom McDonough, Art in America Informationen zum Autor Vincent ScullySelected and with introductions by Neil Levine Klappentext "This book is long overdue. The absence of a comprehensive collection of Scully's work has left the field unfortunately--even suspiciously--unbalanced. His writings are important for their immediate impact and for their enduring lessons. The book will appeal to practicing architects and architectural historians, but it is also a major contribution to general cultural history that should attract audiences far outside architecture." --Michael Hays, Harvard University "I greet this book with great pleasure. Neil Levine's editorial commentary adds immeasurably to the appreciation that this and future generations will take in reading Vincent Scully's remarkable and remarkably influential writings." --Robert Stern, Yale University Zusammenfassung Vincent Scully has shaped not only how we view the evolution of architecture in the twentieth century but also the course of that evolution itself. This illustrated volume talks about Scully's incalculable contribution. It selects twenty essays that reveal the Scully's work from the 1950s through the 1990s. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments 6 Introduction 8 Vincent Scully: A Bibliographical Sketch 12 Chapter 1: American Villas: Inventiveness in the American Suburb from Downing to Wright 34 Chapter 2: Wright vs. International Style 64 Chapter 3: Archetype and Order in Recent American Architecture 64 Chapter 4: Modern Architecture: Toward a Redefinition of Style 74 Chapter 5: The Nature of the Classical in Art 88 Chapter 6: Frank Lloyd Wright and Twentieth[Century Style 106 Chapter 7: The Death of the Street 120 Chapter 8: Doldrums in the Suburbs 128 Chapter 9: RIBA Discourse 1969: A Search for Principle between Two Wars 142 Chapter 10: Where is Modern Architecture Going? 158 Chapter 11: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Stuff of Dreams 170 Chapter 12: Architecture! Sculpture! and painting: Environment! Act! and Illusion 198 Chapter 13: Le Corbusier! 1922[1965 236 Chapter 14: Introduction to The Lois I. Kahn Archive: Personal Drawings 250 Chapter 15: Robert Venturi's Gentle Architecture 260 Chapter 16: Architecture: The Natural and the Mammade 282 Chapter 17: Louis I. Kahn and the Ruins of Rome 298 Chapter 18: Everybody Needs Everything 320 Chapter 19: The Architecture of Community 340 Chapter 20: America at the Millennium: Architecture and Community 358 Bibliography of Vincent Scully's Writings 368 Index 384 Text and Photography Credits 398 ...
