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For most of the twentieth century, modernist viewers dismissed the architectural ornament of Louis H Sullivan (1856-1924). This title reveals Sullivan's eloquent articulation of nineteenth-century romantic practices, and thus rescues Sullivan and his legacy from the narrow role imposed on him as a pioneer of twentieth-century modernism.

By giving equal weight to Louis Sullivan's writings and designs, Lauren Weingarden reveals his eloquent articulation of nineteenth-century romantic practices-literary, linguistic, aesthetic, spiritual, and nationalistic. Her approach rescues Sullivan and his legacy from the narrow role imposed on him as a pioneer of twentieth-century modernism, restoring the integrity of his artistic choices and his historical position as a culminating figure ...