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Collection:
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Archivision Base to Module 13
LocalCollection
Archivision Base to Module 13
Collection
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Preferred Title:
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Auditorium Building
Work_PrefTitle
Auditorium Building
Preferred Title
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Image View:
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Tower (tallest in Chicago when built; Sullivan's office was here), distant view, from east in Grant Park
Image_Title
Tower (tallest in Chicago when built; Sullivan's office was here), distant view, from east in Grant Park
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Creator:
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Adler and Sullivan (American architectural firm, 1883-1924)
Agent_Display
Adler and Sullivan (American architectural firm, 1883-1924)
Creator
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Location:
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site: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
site: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Location
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Date:
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1866-1889 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
1866-1889 (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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American
Work_Culture
American
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Chicago School; Richardsonian Romanesque; Romanesque Revival
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Chicago School; Richardsonian Romanesque; Romanesque Revival
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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auditorium
Work_Worktype1
auditorium
Work Type 1
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Work Type 2:
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mixed-use development
Work_Worktype2
mixed-use development
Work Type 2
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Classification:
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architecture
Work_Classification
architecture
Classification
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Material:
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stone; iron
Work_MaterialDisplay
stone; iron
Material
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
Work_Technique
construction (assembling)
Technique
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; attached tower
Work_Image_SubjectDi splay
architectural exteriors; attached tower
Subjects
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Description:
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The Auditorium was built for a syndicate of businessmen to house a large civic opera house; to provide an economic base it was decided to wrap the auditorium with a hotel and office block. Hence Adler & Sullivan had to plan a complex multiple-use building. Fronting on Michigan Avenue, overlooking the lake, was the hotel (now Roosevelt University) while the offices were placed to the west on Wabash Avenue. The entrance to the auditorium is on the south side beneath the tall blocky seventeen-story tower. The rest of the building is a uniform ten stories, organized in the same way as Richardson's Marshall Field Wholesale Store. The interior embellishment, however, is wholly Sullivan's, and some of the details, because of their continuous curvilinear foliate motifs, are among the nearest equivalents to European Art Nouveau architecture. (p 179-180) (Source: Roth, Leland M.; A Concise History of American Architecture, 1st ed., New York : Harper & Row, c1979 (0064300862 (pbk.) ))
Work_Description_Sou rce
The Auditorium was built for a syndicate of businessmen to house a large civic opera house; to provide an economic base it was decided to wrap the auditorium with a hotel and office block. Hence Adler & Sullivan had to plan a complex multiple-use building. Fronting on Michigan Avenue, overlooking the lake, was the hotel (now Roosevelt University) while the offices were placed to the west on Wabash Avenue. The entrance to the auditorium is on the south side beneath the tall blocky seventeen-story tower. The rest of the building is a uniform ten stories, organized in the same way as Richardson's Marshall Field Wholesale Store. The interior embellishment, however, is wholly Sullivan's, and some of the details, because of their continuous curvilinear foliate motifs, are among the nearest equivalents to European Art Nouveau architecture. (p 179-180) (Source: Roth, Leland M.; A Concise History of American Architecture, 1st ed., New York : Harper & Row, c1979 (0064300862 (pbk.) ))
Description
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
LocalCollection
Archivision Base Collection
Collection
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Identifier:
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1A1-AS-AB-F1
Image_OriginalVendor ID
1A1-AS-AB-F1
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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