Four Elements of Architecture and Other Writings

Klappentext Originally published in 1989, this book provides an English translation of a number of Gottfied Semper's published writings. Zusammenfassung Gottfied Semper was the most important German theorist of the nineteenth century. Originally published in 1989! this book provides an English translation of a number of Semper's published writings! and its introduction seeks to trace the course of Semper's theoretical development over thirty-five years. Inhaltsverzeichnis Gottfried Semper: architect and historian Joesph Rykwert; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Preliminary Remarks on Polychrome Architecture and Sculpture in Antiquity; Part II. The Four Elements of Architecture; Part III. Science, Industry and Art; Part IV. Prospectus: Comparative Theory of Building; Part V. Prospectus: Style in the Technical and Tectonic Arts or Practical Aesthetics; Part VI. Style in the Technical and Tectonic Arts or Practical Aesthetics; Section 1. Prolegomenon; Section 2. The Textile Art (Excerpt): 1. B. 'On the manner in Which Style is Conditioned by the Treatment of the Material'; 2. C. 'On the Manner in Which Style Becomes Specialized and Developed in the Dressing (Bekleidung) in Different Nations Throughout the Course of Cultural History; Part VII. On Architectural Styles; Notes; Name and place index; Subject index.

Product details

• Authors: Semper, Gottfried Semper
• Assisted by: Wolfgang Herrmann (Translation), Harry Francis Mallgrave (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.02.2011
• EAN: 9780521180863
• ISBN: 978-0-521-18086-3
• No. of pages: 338
• Series: RES Monographs in Anthropology and Aesthetics; Res Monographs in Anthropology; Res Monographs in Anthropology and Aesthetics
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture