In this paper, Sullivan's situation in the history of modern architecture was examined by observing his ornament. Louis Henry Sullivan (1856-1924) has been known as one of the pioneers of modern architecture in America. On the one hand, he has been understood as a leader of modern functionalism, for he said that form follows function and he designed simply and clearly geometric works. On the other hand, he has been understood as an Art Nouveau-like man, for he always used rich ornament. Surely, if we viewed him from our modernistic sense, we would feel in his architecture an essential contradiction between simplicity in his building form and richness in his architectural ornament. But, when we study the ornament in his works and the ornament theory in his writings, we find that he always wished to give his building structure an expression by his ornament and to emphasize his individual originality in his architecture by his ornament. Therefore, we don't think that his ornament was similar to over-expression of Art Nouveau. And, we find that he hoped his ornament to be a part of building. Sullivan's fundamental idea was organism or naturalism. His ornament was contained in this system of his idea, and his functional theory was also organic or natural. After all, It is thought that Sullivan was not placed in the rational, mechanical, abstract and utilitarian trend, but his architecture was regarded as a living thing.
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