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Charleston Renaissance man : the architectural legacy of Albert Simons in the holy city
- Title
- Charleston Renaissance man : the architectural legacy of Albert Simons in the holy city / Ralph C. Muldrow ; foreword by Witold Rybczynski.
- Author
- Muldrow, Ralph C.
- Publication
- Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2022]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Rybczynski, Witold.
- Description
- xvii, 170 pages : illustrations; 32 cm
- Summary
- "Albert Simons came of age during the vibrant years of the Charleston Renaissance in the early twentieth century. His influential social circle included artists, musicians, writers, historians, and preservationists, many supporting the cultural revival that was reshaping the city. Through his architectural design and passion for preservation, Simons contributed tremendously to the cultural environment of the Charleston Renaissance. His work helped to mold the cityscape and set a course that would both preserve the historic South Carolina city and carry it forward, allowing it to become the thriving urban center it is today. Simons brought both a sense of history and place, born of his deep roots in Charleston, as well as a cosmopolitanism developed during his years of training at the University of Pennsylvania and travels on the European continent. The melding of those sensibilities was a perfect match for the age and made him a true Charleston Renaissance Man. While he preferred the more traditional Beaux-Arts, Classical, and Colonial Revival styles, Simons had the unique ability to balance traditional and modern styles. He believed preservation in Charleston was about retaining the city's architectural heritage but doing so in a way that allowed the city to grow and progress--to be a living city. Looking forward and simultaneously looking back is quintessentially Charleston and a hallmark of Simons's life and work"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 163-164) and index.
- Contents
- From a Charleston family -- My lost youth, 1890-1905 -- College of Charleston, Penn, and Paris, 1906-1913 -- Early experience and a World War, 1914-1920 -- When "Charleston" was a dance: a renaissance man in the Charleston renaissance, 1921-1930 -- Rescue from the storm, 1931-1945 -- Transcended limits, 1946-1980 -- Albert Simons's service to the American Institute of Architects -- Commissioned work of Simons and Lapham.
- Call Number
- JQG 22-1085
- ISBN
- 9781643363134
- 1643363131
- OCLC
- 1348397923
- Author
- Muldrow, Ralph C., author.
- Title
- Charleston Renaissance man : the architectural legacy of Albert Simons in the holy city / Ralph C. Muldrow ; foreword by Witold Rybczynski.
- Publisher
- Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2022]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 163-164) and index.
- Added Author
- Rybczynski, Witold. Author of introduction
- Research Call Number
- JQG 22-1085