Architecture
Beginning in the 1880s, architects in Chicago and New York began to experiment with new framing systems to achieve greater height. The skyscraper is America’s most conspicuous contribution to architecture; the first one being built in Chicago in 1884.
Louis Sullivan designed the most graceful early towers and was America’s first great modern architect. His most talented student was Frank Lloyd Wright and both were active in Chicago.
At a time when O’Keeffe searched for her own way to paint cityscapes, not like the men, not like the Europeans, but American, it may have been Bragdon’s admiration for Louis Sullivan, that gave her the impulse to paint skyscrapers. Sullivan’s Jugendstil architecture after all, was all about life force, organic life and vitality – concepts deeply rooted in symbolist theory. She may also have been inspired by the fact that during 1925 and 1926, there were 45 new skyscrapers built in Manhattan.
Radiator Building at Night, 1927
It is worth noting that the exaggerated scale of the skyscraper is in itself a typical romantic element. Remember Runge’s larger than life children and Pippi Longstocking?
The element of scale is perhaps most prominent in O’Keeffe’s larger than life flowers.
Books, links
Louis Sullivan on Wiki
Frank Lloyd Wright on Wiki
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