The Annotated Mona Lisa: Pages 126 - 127

Question 1

The Birth of Modern Architecture

Answer 1

• new designs were made to express a building’s commercial purpose, without any overlay of historical ornament
• first new school of architecture built in Chicago
• most architecture innovations done in New York

Question 2

Sullivan: The First Modern Architect

Answer 2

• Louis Sullivan (1856 - 1924)
• virtually invented the skyscraper
• he was not appreciated as much in his day as in ours