Four Elements of Architecture and Other Writings

Name: Four Elements of Architecture and Other Writings
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ISBN: 9780521180863

ISBN-10: 0521180864

ISBN-13: 9780521180863

Edition: 2010

Authors: Gottfried Semper, Harry Francis Mallgrave, Wolfgang Herrmann, Wolfgang Herrmann

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Book details

List price: $53.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/17/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 338
Size: 7.01" wide x 10.00" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Wolfgang Herrmann has spent most of his professional life in England. Political events forced his exile from Germany in 1933. Since then, he has devoted most of his scholarly career to the study of the theory of architecture and has written books on Laugier and Perrault.



Gottfried Semper: architect and historian



Acknowledgements


Introduction



Preliminary Remarks on Polychrome Architecture and Sculpture in Antiquity



The Four Elements of Architecture



Science, Industry and Art



Prospectus: Comparative Theory of Building



Prospectus: Style in the Technical and Tectonic Arts or Practical Aesthetics



Style in the Technical and Tectonic Arts or Practical Aesthetics



Prolegomenon



The Textile Art (Excerpt):



B. 'On the manner in Which Style is Conditioned by the Treatment of the Material'



C. 'On the Manner in Which Style Becomes Specialized and Developed in the Dressing (Bekleidung) in Different Nations Throughout the Course of Cultural History



On Architectural Styles


Notes


Name and place index


Subject index