Space into light : the churches of Balthasar Neumann / Christian F. Otto.

Main entry:

Otto, Christian F.

Title & Author:

Space into light : the churches of Balthasar Neumann / Christian F. Otto.

Publication:

Description:

296 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Series:

Architectural History Foundation/MIT Press series ; 2

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-288) and index.
Introduction : space into light -- Training and patronage -- Design and construction practice -- The plates -- The twenties and thirties -- The forties and early fifties -- Pedigree, theory, symbol.

Summary:

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. This book includes 130 illustrations, with 8 pages in full color. The illustrations portray models and plans, sections and elevations, interior details, facades, and full and partial viewsfrom Neumann's first parish churches to his masterpieces at Vierzehnheiligen and Neresheim.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0262150190
9780262150194

Subject:

Neumann, Balthasar, 1687-1753.
Neumann Balthasar Kirchenbau.
Neumann, Balthasar.
Neumann, Johann Balthasar, 1687-1753.
Neumann, Balthasar 1609-1677
Neumann, Balthasar 1687-1753
Neumann, Balthasar, 1687-1753 Criticism and interpretation.
Church architecture Germany.
Architecture Germany History 18th century.
Light in architecture.
Space (Architecture) Germany.
Religious architecture Germany.
Architecture Germany 18th century.
Space (Architecture)
Architecture religieuse Allemagne.
Architecture Allemagne 18e siècle.
Lumière en architecture.
Espace (Architecture)
Architecture chrétienne Allemagne.
Espace (Architecture) Allemagne.
Religious architecture
Architecture
Church architecture
Kirchenbau
Church architecture Germany History 18th century.
Architecture, Modern Germany History.
Architects Germany 18th century.
Germany
Süddeutschland

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Architectural History Foundation/MIT Press series ; v. 2.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 150658
Call No.: NA44.N492.23 O8 1979
Status: Available

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