Style
Subtitle: style in the technical and tectonic arts, or, Practical aesthetics
By: Gottfried Semper ; introduction by Harry Francis Mallgrave ; translation by Harry Francis Mallgrave and Michael Robinson ; [with translations from Latin and Greek by Amir Baghdadchi].
Contributors: Mallgrave, Harry Francis.; Getty Research Institute.
Series: Texts & documents
Publisher: Getty Research Institute
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 980
Subjects: Architecture -- Aesthetics; Architecture -- History; Decoration and ornament, Architectural
Other titles: Practical aesthetics; Style in the technical and tectonic arts
Work titles: Stil in den technischen und tektonischen Künsten, oder, Praktische Äesthetik.
Description: "The enduring influence of the architect Gottfried Semper (1803-79) derives less from his monumental buildings in Dresden, Zurich, and Vienna than from his Style in the Technical and Tectonic Arts (1860-63). Semper's landmark survey of the motives giving rise to the technical arts (textiles, ceramics, carpentry, masonry) explores the symbolic and material preconditions of style. An extended inquiry into the inner principles of artistic form, this work radically altered the intellectual field for aesthetics and art history and stands as a vital document in the consolidation of modern architectural theory."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.