Abstract
In 1960, American architect Edward Larrabee Barnes (1915-2004) designed the Disciples of Christ’s Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, Indiana employing a modernist paradigm. Far from a formulaic approach to a design problem, Barnes’ seminary articulated a quest for originating forms drawn from modernism’s desire for architectural purity. For Barnes, the notion of restoring architecture to an essential vocabulary of forms and scale of use in the seminary was as important as expressing the religious requirements of the patron.
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Kirstin L. EllsworthAssistant Professor of Art History, Art and Design, California State University Dominguez Hills, California, United States
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Communications and Linguistic Studies
KEYWORDS
Architecture; Modernism; Seminary; Design; Disciples of Christ
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