Louis H. Sullivan breathed life into American architecture in the modern era just before the 20th century. Regarded as the spiritual father of the skyscraper he helped define the age though this framework by creating a purely American style form an American philosophy. According to Sullivan one must know the artist to understand his art, and due to this much of this paper is dedicated to his world view. Despite the fact that transcendentalists believe being with nature presents the greatest leaning, Sullivan gained his logical and mathematical excellence form his varied schooling. He obtained his intuition and passion from natural forms such as man. Central to his philosophy is man the maker, the induvial, the inquirer, and the god. Sullivan
