Vincent Joseph Scully writings, 1962-1974 (inclusive).

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Vincent Joseph Scully writings, 1962-1974 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702179873

The papers consist of annotated typescripts by Vincent Scully. Topics covered are the Shingle style in architecture and Louis Kahn, including biographical and bibliographical materials about Kahn.

.25 linear feet (1 box)

Yale University Library

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Yale University Library

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Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974

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Louis I. Kahn was born in Estonia and raised in Philadelphia. He was trained in architecture in the Beaux-Arts tradition at the University of Pennsylvania under Paul Philippe Cret. As a mature architect, Kahn was distinguished from his contemporaries (in a period dominated by the International Style) by his unique personal philosophy of architecture and a style marked by a profound sense of history and pure geometry in design and the texture of materials in construction. His legacy is as much in...

Scully, Vincent, Jr., 1920-

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Vincent Joseph Scully was born in 1920 in New Haven, Connecticut. He attended Yale University, where he earned a B.A. (1940), an M.A. (1947), and Ph.D. (1949) in art history. He has been a member of the Yale faculty since 1947, where he is a Sterling Professor Emeritus of the History of Art. He also teaches classes at the University of Miami. Scully was influenced by French-school art historians during his studies at Yale and developed an appreciation of contemporary architects Louis Kahn and Fr...