Space into Light The Churches of Balthasar Neumann

Name: Space into Light The Churches of Balthasar Neumann
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ISBN: 9780262150194

ISBN-10: 0262150190

ISBN-13: 9780262150194

Edition: 1979

Authors: Christian F. Otto

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Balthasar Neumann (1687-1753) has been called by Kenneth Clark "the greatest architect of the eighteenth century." Described as being at the same time "sensuous and complex, frivolous and devout, ceremonious and playful," Neumann's work provided a high point in the tradition of intensely spatial architecture begun early in the seventeenth century in Italy and France. Neumann was one of Europe's most prolific architects, and among his many building types, churches provide the most dramatic examples of his use of transparent, light-saturated space. Kenneth Clark has described these churches of Bavaria as "the discovery of a new truth, that the faithful may be persuaded by joy rather than…

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 1979
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 8/22/1979
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English