Chicago School

(noun)

A school of architects active in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century. They were among the first to promote the new technologies of steel-frame construction in commercial buildings, and developed a spatial aesthetic which co-evolved with, and then came to influence, parallel developments in European Modernism.

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Examples of Chicago School in the following topics:

  • Chicago School of Architecture

    • Chicago's architecture is famous throughout the world and one style is referred to as the Chicago School.
    • In the history of architecture, the Chicago School was a school of architects active in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century.
    • Sometimes elements of neoclassical architecture are used in Chicago School skyscrapers.
    • Many Chicago School skyscrapers contain the three parts of a classical column.
    • The "Chicago window" originated in this school.

  • Sociological Perspectives on Urban Life

    • The Chicago School combined sociological and anthropological theories to understand the interrelation of urban structures and micro-interactions in cities.
    • The Chicago School sought to provide subjective meaning to how humans interact under structural, cultural and social conditions.
    • Urban ecology refers to an idea that emerged out of the Chicago School that likens urban organization to biological organisms.
    • The Chicago School of Sociology, developed at the University of Chicago, is credited with developing modern urban sociology as researchers worked to elucidate patterns of urban life.
    • Explain urbanization in terms of functionalism and what the Chicago School understood to be some of the causes of urban social problems at that time

  • Fours Schools of Economic Thought: Classical, Marxian, Keynesian, and the Chicago School.

    • Mainstream modern economics can be broken down into four schools of economic thought: classical, Marxian, Keynesian, and the Chicago School.
    • Throughout the history of economic theory, several methods for approaching the topic are noteworthy enough, and different enough from one another, to be distinguished as particular 'schools of economic thought. ' While economists do not always fit into particular schools, especially in modern times, classifying economists into a particular school of thought is common.
    • Mainstream modern economics can be broken down into four schools of economic thought:
    • A final school of economic thought, the Chicago School of economics, is best known for its free market advocacy and monetarist ideas.
    • The Marxist school of economic thought comes from the work of German economist Karl Marx.

  • Keynesian Theory

    • It is important to understand the stances of the various school of economic thought.
    • Although the beliefs of each school vary, all of the schools of economic thought have contributed to economic theory is some way.
    • In contrast, the Chicago School of economic thought focused price theory, rational expectations, and free market policies with little government intervention.
    • Unlike other schools, the Austrian school focused on individual actions instead of society as a whole.
    • Differentiate "Chicago School" or "Austrian School" economists from "Keynesian School" economists

  • Savage Inequalities

    • The book is based on Kozol's observations of classrooms in the public school systems of East St.
    • Louis, Chicago, New York City, Camden, Cincinnati, and Washington, D.C.
    • Kozol's observations illustrated the disparities between schools.
    • The book is based on Kozol's observations of classrooms in the public school systems of East St.
    • Louis, Chicago, New York City, Camden, Cincinnati, and Washington, D.C.

  • Training Artists

    • In the current Western artistic tradition, artists typically train at an art school or institution.
    • Prominent examples include the Pratt Institute, Rhode Island School of Design, Yale, The Art Institute of Chicago, California Institute of the Arts, and Goldsmiths' College .
    • Artists who did not attend art school are generally termed "self-taught," and go about their practice in the same manner as artists who attended art school, by aiming to exhibit and sell their work.
    • Goldsmiths' College in London is one example of an art school.
    • Compare and contrast traditional artists' aprenticeships with modern day art schools.

  • Bibliography

    • Chicago, IL, College of the University of Chicago.
    • Evaluation in secondary schools.
    • Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press.
    • Chicago, IL, University of Chicago, MESA Publication.

  • When to Use Chicago/Turabian Style

  • Chicago/Turabian: Title Page

  • Chicago/Turabian: Table of Contents