Document Type
Article
Date
Spring 1984
Keywords
William Lescaze, architecture, modernism, Henri Sauvage, International Style
Language
English
Disciplines
Architectural History and Criticism | History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology
Description/Abstract
This article seeks to explain why architect Willaim Lescaze's career proceeded the way it did. The author also makes observations about Lescaze's life in America during a secular, materialist age.
Recommended Citation
Dean, Robert Bruce. "European Modernism in an American Commercial Context." William Lescaze and the Rise of Modern Design in America. Spec. issue of The Courier 19.1 (1984): 57-66.
Source
local input
Included in
Architectural History and Criticism Commons, History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Commons
Additional Information
Part of the proceedings of the symposium "William Lescaze and the Rise of Modern Design in America", held at the Everson Museum, Syracuse, New York, on February 15th and 16th, 1984.