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9780262081443

Gottfried Semper In Search of Architecture

Gottfried Semper In Search of Architecture
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  • ISBN-13: 9780262081443
  • ISBN: 026208144X
  • Publisher: MIT Press

AUTHOR

Herrmann, Wolfgang, Vogt, Adolf M., Semper, Gottfried

SUMMARY

For the generation after Karl Frederich Schinkel, Gottfried Semper (1803-1879) was the most admired architect in Germany. His buildings, such as the opera houses in Dresden and two museums in Vienna, were outstanding examples of their kind. To later generations, however, Semper is known primarily for his writings. Although Semper is arguably the 19th century's most important theoretician, the subtlety of his thought and the difficulty of his German have kept his works from being translated and his contribution from being assessed until now. Herrmann traces his life, analyzes his writings-in particular his major work, Der Stiland presents translations of recently uncovered texts. Der Stil,long a basic source of ideas for architects, had a profound impact on European modernists and proto-modernists alike. H.P. Berlage, Otto Wagner, Bruno Taut, and Walter Gropius were influenced by it, as were any number of American architects, including Bernard Maybeck and Louis Sullivan. Following the biographical chapters, which clarify the extent to which Semper's strongly held political convictions (he was forced to flee Dresden after the revolution of 1849 failed) informed his ideas about architecture, Herrmann presents the colorful genesis of Der Stil.Through his close reading of the texts, Herrmann brings to light Semper's position on iron, on Gothic and contemporary architecture, on the primitive hut, and on the ideas of the archaeologist Karl Botticher. Among the previously unpublished manuscripts that conclude the book is material essential to a clear understanding of the ideas developed in Der Stil.Herrmann, Wolfgang is the author of 'Gottfried Semper In Search of Architecture' with ISBN 9780262081443 and ISBN 026208144X.

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