#vincent scully

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Two giants of architectural criticism, Scully and Scruton.

Fresh black coffee.

Window open just a crack.

Bliss.

Gratitude.

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One entered the city like a god; one scuttles in now like a rat.

- Vincent Scully

New York Penn Station.

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Asklepios, and the influence of his rites, thus brought a new kind of humanity to ancient chthonic practice, to the cult of heroes, and to the old, pre-Hellenic sense of oneness with the land. In his conflict with death he is never victorious but always unyielding, and in this his positive Hellenic pride and his kinship with Apollo as well as with the goddess, are manifest. In him the Greek is of the earth and worships it. But he accepts the power of the earth, not in resignation but as a weapon to battle black fate, death, and, in a sense, even Zeus himself who keeps the law of things as they are. So there are sites sacred to Asklepios which have about them something active, joyous, and daring.

Vincent Scully, The Earth, The Temple, and The Gods: Greek Sacred Architecture

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Remembering Vincent Scully

The architecture world was saddened to learn of the passing of historian and critic Vincent Scully on November 30, 2017. The Yale University web site quotes architect Philip Johnson as calling Scully “the most influential architectural teacher ever.” Scully taught architectural history at Yale for over 60 years. Architects Robert A.M. Stern, Norman Foster and Maya Lin all studied with Scully. Scully authored 20 books; one of the best-known book is The Shingle Style: Architectural Theory and Design from Richardson to the Origins of Wright.

This video tribute to Vincent Scully was produced by the National Building Museum.

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In some deep nefarious way we all want to please Vince. He's a high moralist, and he keeps reminding us of the high standards we have to live up to.

Bob Stern, “On Vincent Scully,” c. 2017

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"He wanted to make it perfect. In Jewish mysticism, God can only be known through his works. And since the messiah hasn't come yet, the works of any Jewish architect, might be the works of God. And you take those pictures of Louis, when he's looking into the light, and when he's enjoying silence, it makes the hairs stand up, because it really is like that, as if he is somehow communicating with this fundamental thing, that God is in the Work. So it has to be perfect, you see, it has to be perfect, it can't be impatient. It's timeless." -Vincent Scully Jr. on Louis Kahn

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VINCENT SCULLY

Montclair, New Jersey

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