Vincent Scully

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Scully (right) presents the 2005 Scully Prize to the Prince of Wales

Vincent Joseph Scully (born August 21, 1920 in New Haven, Connecticut , † November 30, 2017 in Lynchburg, Virginia ) was an American art and architecture historian. He was Sterling Professor of Architectural History at Yale University and is considered one of the most important architectural historians of his time.

Life

Scully was born in 1920 as the only child of car dealer Vincent Joseph Scully and soprano Mary Catherine McCormick. He attended Hillhouse High School and then Yale University. In 1940 he successfully completed his bachelor's degree and was hired by the Air Force; but soon he moved to the Marine Corps. In 1946 he began a master's degree in art history with a focus on architecture, which he successfully completed in 1947. In 1949 he received his doctorate. From 1947 he taught at Yale University; at the University of Miami he was also visiting professor. After retiring from Yale University in 1991, he taught until 2009.

Awards and honors

In 1995 the National Endowment for the Humanities dedicated the Jefferson Lecture to Scully ; Scully spoke about "The Architecture of Community". In 1999 the National Building Museum donated the Vincent Scully Prize for exceptional achievements in the fields of architecture, architectural criticism, preservation and urban development. Scully herself was the first to win. In 2003 the Urban Land Institute awarded Scully the J. C. Nichols Prize for visionary urban planning. In 2004, US President George W. Bush awarded Scully the National Medal of Arts . He was also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (since 1986) and the American Philosophical Society (since 1997).

Publications (selection)

  • American Architecture and Urbanism . Praeger, New York 1969
  • The Earth, the Temple, and the Gods: Greek Sacred Architecture .
  • Architecture: The Natural and the Manmade .
  • The Villas of Palladio .
  • The Shingle Style: Architectural Theory and Design from Richardson to the Origins of Wright . 1955
  • Frank Lloyd Wright . 1960
  • Modern Architecture - The Architecture of Democracy . 1961
  • Louis I. Kahn . George Braziller Inc., 1962
  • The Earth, the Temple, and the Gods: Greek Sacred Architecture . 1962
  • American Architecture and Urbanism . 1969
  • The Shingle Style Today . 1974
  • Pueblo: Mountain, Village, Dance . 1989
  • Modern Architecture and Other Essays . 2003

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Richard B. Woodward: Vincent Scully, 97, Influential Architecture Historian, Dies , New York Times , December 1, 2017
  2. ↑ John Tierney: Mr. Scully's Architecture Class Is Dismissed , New York Times, April 28, 1991, accessed December 4, 2017
  3. ↑ James Barron: Chronicle , New York Times, May 15, 1995, accessed December 4, 2017
  4. ^ Jefferson Lecturers , National Endowment for the Humanities, accessed December 4, 2017
  5. ↑ Vincent Scully Prize ( Memento of the original dated February 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , National Building Museum  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nbm.org
  6. ↑ Scully honored for shaping the vision of urban planners , Yale Bulletin & Calendar , Volume 32, Number 4, September 26, 2003, accessed December 4, 2017
  7. ↑ Scully is awarded National Medal of Arts at White House ceremony , Yale Bulletin & Calendar , Volume 33, Number 13, December 3, 2004, accessed December 4, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Scully, Vincent
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scully, Vincent Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American architectural historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH New Haven (Connecticut)
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 2017
Place of death Lynchburg, Virginia