See Also: INGENUI, civ(law)
Seagram Building(encyclopedia)
Seagram Company Ltd.(encyclopedia)

Seagram Building (sh) and INGENUI, civ (law)


Seagram Building (sh)




High-rise office building in New York City (1958).

Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson, this sleek Park Avenue skyscraper is a pure example of a rectilinear prism sheathed in glass and bronze; it took the International Style to its zenith. Despite its austere and forthright use of the most modern materials, it demonstrates Mies's exceptional sense of proportion and concern for detail.


INGENUI, civ (law)


INGENUI, civ. law. Those freemen who were born free. Vicat, vocab. 2. They were a class of freemen, distinguished from those who, born 2. They were a class of freemen, distinguished from those who, born slaves, had afterwards legally obtained their freedom the latter were called slaves, had afterwards legally obtained their freedom the latter were called at various periods, sometimes liberti, sometimes libertini. An unjust or at various periods, sometimes liberti, sometimes libertini. An unjust or illegal servitude did not prevent a man from being ingenuus. illegal servitude did not prevent a man from being ingenuus.