Talk:Adolf Loos
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See write up on Barnes and Noble web site in section on book Ornament and Crime, a colletion of Essays. Kd4ttc 03:15, 9 Mar 2004 (UTC)
[edit] I just cut this out.
- ," at one point holding a position in the office of Louis Sullivan (according to Robert Hughes's Shock of the New)"
Here is why. The citation for including it is Robert Hughes and here is what Hughes has to say.
- "The architect who launched the attack on decorated architecture was Adolf Loos (1870-1933), a Czech who lived in Vienna. Between 1893 and 1896, Loos worked for a time in Louis Sullivan’s office in Chicago."
At various other web site (sorry, didn't get addresses) I discovered:
"He (Loos) moved to the United States, and stayed for 3 years. Loos was very impressed by the architecture of Louis Sullivan, and the efficiency of buildings in the U.S."
and
...and (Loos) then went to the United States, where he worked as a mason, a floor-layer, and a dishwasher. Loos was impressed by the efficiency of American architecture, and he admired the work of Louis Sullivan.
No mention of working for Sullivan.
Trombly, author of (in my opinion) the best biography of Sullivan, only says: "Adolph Loos, who had been inspired by Sullivan during his 1890s sojourn in America . . . ... "
Could Hughes have been mistaking Irving Gill, another of thew stripped down modernests, and who worked for Sullivan from 1891 to 1893 with Loos? Hines, in his book, Irving Gill:and the Architecture of Reform, while discussing Loos' visit to America mentions that Loos visited Chicago where he
- "encountered the elemental geometry and organic ornamentation of Gill and Wright's mentor, Louis Sulllivan, at precisely the same time that the young Americans (Gill and Wright) were working in his office. "
No mention of Loos actually working for Sullivan. So, anyway, I took it out and am interested if anyone else has opinions. Carptrash 22:48, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] secession "florid" ?
perhaps the early secession could be described as a version of the "art nouveau," but later tendencies would not be best described as "florid" in my opinion. Hoffmann, for example, was very geometric-- concentric rectangles were a recurring motif in many of his patterns —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.139.172.11 (talk) 01:08, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
