Code: 04175782

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

Name: Style in the Technical and Tectonic Arts; Or, Practical Aesthetics
Brand: Getty Trust Publications
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by Gottfried Semper

Language: English
Binding: Hardback
Number of pages: 992
Publisher: Getty Trust Publications, 2006
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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.

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360.78 zł

Full title: Style in the Technical and Tectonic Arts; Or, Practical Aesthetics
Author: Gottfried Semper
Language: English
Binding: Hardback
Number of pages: 992
EAN: 9780892365975
ISBN: 0892365978
ID: 04175782
Publisher: Getty Trust Publications
Weight: 2192 g
Dimensions: 262 × 189 × 65 mm
Date of publishing: 31. March 2006