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PublisherUniversity of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN-100812280032
ISBN-139780812280036
eBay Product ID (ePID)1455901
Product Key Features
Number of Pages270 Pages
Publication NameSamuel Sloan : Architect of Philadelphia, 1815-1884
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1986
SubjectHistory / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), Individual Architects & Firms / General, Artists, Architects, Photographers, Regional
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaArchitecture, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorHarold N. Cooledge Jr.
SeriesAnniversary Collection
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight23.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN85-022496
Dewey Edition19
ReviewsSamuel Sloan constitutes a lively, interesting, and scholarly study of a major American architect whose true importance-as a pioneer of rational and functional building-has either been misunderstood or underplayed. All this Cooledge sets right in a clear and forthright manner., "Samuel Sloan constitutes a lively, interesting, and scholarly study of a major American architect whose true importance--as a pioneer of rational and functional building--has either been misunderstood or underplayed. All this Cooledge sets right in a clear and forthright manner."--Adolf K. Placzek
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal720/.92/4
SynopsisSamuel Sloan: Architect of Philadelphia, 1815-1884 is a comprehensive study of one of America's most influential architects. Sloan created the designs that have become prototypes for many public buildings. His plan for the Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia served as the model for American general hospitals, and, with Dr. Thomas S. Kirkbride, he created the model for mental hospitals in the United States. Sloan was also an innovative designer of public schools, creating the "Philadelphia Plan" of schoolhouse design, which came to be internationally known and widely used. Sloan helped to shape the architecture of his time not only through the buildings he designed but also through his writings. He published several major pattern books, covering every aspect of the architectural profession from carpentry to furnishings. One of these, The Model Architect , went through five editions and was among the most widely distributed works of its kind in the history of nineteenth-century architectural publishing. As a result, Sloan's influence on the architectural environment of nineteenth-century America is so pervasive that a full accounting of the works which can be traced back to his books is almost impossible. From 1868 until 1871 Sloan also produced The Architectural Review , the first periodical in the United States devoted exclusively to architecture and its related arts and crafts and the unofficial organ of the reconstituted American Institute of Architects. In Samuel Sloan , Harold N. Cooledge, Jr. examines the social, economic, and environmental factors that influenced Sloan's personal and professional character and includes a consideration of the theorists and tastemakers whose ideas influenced Sloan's attitude toward architectural theory and practice. Cooledge then presents a chronological biography in which the majority of Sloan's important commissions are considered in detail, and as much information about his private life as could be documented is given. The book concludes with a detailed catalogue of Sloan's work. Samuel Sloan: Architect of Philadelphia 1815-1884 will be of value to architects and to scholars interested in art history, social history, and American studies., Samuel Sloan: Architect of Philadelphia, 1815-1884 is a comprehensive study of one of America's most influential architects.
LC Classification NumberNA737.S54A4 1986
