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Vincent J. Scully Jr. (1920–2017)

2018; University of California Press; Volume: 77; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1525/jsah.2018.77.2.133

2150-5926

Paul Goldberger,

Architecture and Art History Studies

Research Article| June 01 2018 Vincent J. Scully Jr. (1920–2017) Paul Goldberger Paul Goldberger Parsons School of Design Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (2018) 77 (2): 133–137. https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2018.77.2.133 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Paul Goldberger; Vincent J. Scully Jr. (1920–2017). Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 1 June 2018; 77 (2): 133–137. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2018.77.2.133 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of the Society of Architectural Historians Search Although Vincent Scully's subjects as an architectural historian ranged from Greek temples to the pueblos of the American Southwest, from Park Avenue towers to French classical gardens, it is impossible to think of him without talking first about New Haven, Connecticut, the small northeastern city where he was born on 21 August 1920, the only child of a father who sold Chevrolet automobiles and a mother who was an aspiring opera singer. It was in New Haven that Scully received his formal education, first at Hillhouse High School and then at Yale University, where he earned his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and would teach for almost all of his career; it was also in New Haven where he formed his notion of what a city was. The city's famous “nine squares” plan led Scully to think about grids as shapers of cities, as its Victorian Gothic city hall by... You do not currently have access to this content.