The four elements of architecture and other writings / Gottfried Semper ; translated by Harry Francis Mallgrave and Wolfgang Herrmann ; introduction by Harry Francis Mallgrave.

Main entry:

Semper, Gottfried, 1803-1879.

Title & Author:

The four elements of architecture and other writings / Gottfried Semper ; translated by Harry Francis Mallgrave and Wolfgang Herrmann ; introduction by Harry Francis Mallgrave.

Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.

Description:

xx, 314 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Series:

RES monographs in anthropology and aesthetics

Notes:
Translated from German.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-306) and index.
Preliminary remarks on polychrome architecture and sculpture in antiqity -- Four elements of architecture -- Science, industry, and art -- Comparative theory of building -- Style in the technical and tectonic arts, or practical aesthetics -- On architectural styles.
Translation from the German.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0521354757
9780521354752

Subject:

Architecture Philosophy.
Architecture Philosophie.
architectural theory.
Arquitetura (Teoria)
Architecture - Philosophical perspectives

Added entries:

RES monographs in anthropology and aesthetics.

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Location: Library main 50036
Call No.: ID:89-B9004
Status: Available

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