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Architecture
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 388

Architecture

Scully is a pioneer of 20th century architecture. This volume is the grand sum of his career. It is not only the history of great edifices, but also a book that explores the unique dialogue between human beings and their buildings and the natural world. 500 color/bandw photos.

Pueblo
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 440

Pueblo

The vast and beautiful landscape of the American Southwest has long haunted artists and writers seeking to understand the mysteries of the deep affinity between the land and the Native Americans who have lived on it for centuries. In this pioneering study, art historian Vincent Scully explores the inhabitants' understanding of the natural world in an entirely original way—by observing and analyzing the complex yet visible relationships between the landscape of mountain and desert, the ancient ruins and the pueblos, and the ceremonial dances that take place with them. Scully sees these intricate dances as the most profound works of art yet produced on the American continent—as human actio...

American Architecture and Urbanism
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 277

American Architecture and Urbanism

A classic book authored by the foremost architectural historian in America, this fully illustrated history of American architecture and city planning is based on Vincent Scully's conviction that architecture and city planning are inseparably linked and must therefore be treated together. He defines architecture as a continuing dialogue between generations which creates an environment across time. This definitive survey extends beyond the cities themselves to the American scene as a whole, which has inspired the reasonable balanced, closed and ordered forms, and above all the probity, that he feels typifies American architecture.

The Architecture of Community
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 50

The Architecture of Community

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1996
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 142

Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture

Foreword by Arthur Drexler. Introduction by Vincent Scully.

Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 125

Frank Lloyd Wright

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1969
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Louis I. Kahn
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 127

Louis I. Kahn

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1962
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Modern Architecture
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 170

Modern Architecture

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The Earth, the Temple, and the Gods
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 720

The Earth, the Temple, and the Gods

When The Earth, the Temple, and the Gods first appeared in 1962, it was hailed by the critics for it erudition, historical imagination and boldness. Subsequently, this comprehensive study of Greek temples and site-planning has been widely accepted as a landmark of architectural history, for it offers an inspired and arresting insight into nature and function of Greek sacred architecture. Vincent Scully, one of America's most brilliant and articulate scholars, understands the temples as physical embodiment of the gods in landscapes that had for the Greeks divine attributes and sacred connotations. He explores the meanings inherent in the calculated interaction between man-made sculptural forces and the natural landscape, and he relates this interaction to our understanding of Greek culture from the pre-Greek Aegean to the Hellenistic period. Years of research and travel were devoted to The Earth, the Temple, and the Gods. Scores of sites were restudied on the spot, including many lesser-known sanctuaries throughout the Hellenic world. The study includes reconstruction drawings, plans, and maps along with its richly illustrated, detailed discussions of major sites.

Humanities
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 52

Humanities

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1995
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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