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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Louis Sullivan and His Mentor, John Herman Edelmann, Architect

Louis Sullivan and His Mentor, John Herman Edelmann, Architect

Gregersen Aia Ncarb, Charles E.

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ISBN10: 1481767968
ISBN13: 9781481767965
Publisher: Authorhouse
Published: Jul 24 2013
Pages: 142
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.30 Width: 8.25 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Although the world famous architect Louis Sullivan praised John Edelmann at length as a friend, philosopher, gifted draftsman and above all as his benefactor in his The Autobiography of an Idea, he avoided any mention of having worked for two years as an apprentice in Edelmann's architectural office and the influence that experience obviously had on his future work. This book corrects that deficiency in Sullivan's narrative. Through a comparison of their buildings and ornamental designs, the differences in the approaches of these two men to architectural planning and the debt Sullivan owed to Edelmann's unique ornamental style in the development of his own world renowned ornament is demonstrated. Edelmann is also revealed as the young architect who not only took Sullivan on as an apprentice, but in time introduced him to his future partner Dankmar Adler, only to be betrayed in the end by Sullivan for having done so.

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