Quote of the day
The surrender of life is nothing to sinking down into acknowledgment of inferiority.
Vincent Scully
Born: August 21, 1920
Died: November 30, 2017 (aged 97)
Bio: Vincent Joseph Scully, Jr. was Sterling Professor Emeritus of the History of Art in Architecture at Yale University, and the author of several books on the subject.
Known for:
- Architecture: The Natural and the Manmade (1991)
- American Architecture and Urbanism (1969)
- Modern Architecture (1961)
- The Shingle Style and the Stick Style (1955)