"Style in the Technical and Tectonic Arts; Or, Practical Aesthetics" by . Semper

Style in the Technical and Tectonic Arts; Or, Practical Aesthetics . Semper

Series:
BIBLIOTHECA PAEDIATRICA REF KARGER
Format:
Hardback
Publication date:
31 Mar 2006
ISBN:
9780892365975
Imprint:
Getty Publications
Dimensions:
992 pages: 274 x 185 x 66mm
Illustrations:
359 b&w illustrations, 19 colour illustrations

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The enduring influence of the architect Gottfried Semper (1803-1879) derives primarily from his monumental theoretical foray Der Stil in der technischen und tektonischen Kunsten (1860-62), here translated into English for the first time. A richly illustrated survey of the technical arts (textiles, ceramics, carpentry, masonry), Semper's analysis of the preconditions of style forever changed the interpretative context for aesthetics, architecture, and art history. Style, Semper believed, should be governed by historical function, cultural affinities, creative free will, and the innate properties of each medium. Thus, in an ambitious attempt to turn nineteenth-century artistic discussion away from historicism, aestheticism, and materialism, Semper developed in Der Stil a complex picture of stylistic change based on scrutiny of specific objects and a remarkable grasp of cultural variety.

Harry Francis Mallgrave Is the author of Gottfried Semper: Architect of the Nineteenth Century.

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