Charleston Renaissance man

• Verfasst von: Muldrow, Ralph C. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Charleston Renaissance man
• Titelzusatz: the architectural legacy of Albert Simons in the holy city
• Mitwirkende: Rybczynski, Witold [VerfasserIn eines Vorworts]
• Verf.angabe: Ralph C. Muldrow ; foreword by Witold Rybczynski
• Verlagsort: Columbia, South Carolina
• Verlag: The University of South Carolina Press
• E-Jahr: 2022
• Jahr: [2022]
• Umfang: xvii, 170 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Format: 32 cm
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references (page 163-164) and index
• ISBN: 978-1-64336-313-4
• Schlagwörter: (p)Simons, Albert / (g)Charleston, SC
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Architectes - Caroline du Sud - Charleston - Biographies
• Sach-SW: Architects
• Sach-SW: Biographies
• Sach-SW: Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Sach-SW: Biographies
• Sach-SW: Biographies
• Geograph. SW: South Carolina - Charleston
• K10plus-PPN: 1881592677

Abstract

"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"--