Title & Author:

Karl Friedrich Schinkel : a universal man / edited by Michael Snodin.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1991.

Description:

xii, 218 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
"Published to coincide with the exhibition Karl Friedrich Schinkel: a universal man held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, July 31st to October 27th, 1991"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Karl Friedrich Schinkel : a universal man / Peter Betthausen -- Schinkel the artist / Helmut Börsch-Supan -- Schinkel's buildings and plans for Berlin / Gottfried Riemann -- Schinkel and Durand : the case of the Altes Museum / Martin Goalen -- Royal residences on the Havel / Hans-Joachim Giersberg -- Schinkel's architectural theory / Alex Potts -- Art and industry / Angelika Wesenberg -- Schinkel’s buildings in photographs 1890-1940 -- A universal man cat. 1-4 -- Architectural education cat.5-12 -- The romantic impulse cat. 13-26 -- The theatre cat. 27-32 -- Early interiors cat. 33-9 -- Classical Berlin cat. 40-56 -- Royal residences cat. 57-100 -- Church architecture cat. 101-8 -- The British journey and the constructional style cat. 109-27 -- Art and industry cat. 128-53 -- Utopian visions cat. 154-60.

Summary:

A review of this German architect's career and achievements, including his paintings, theatre sets and panoramas as well as his architecture and design. The book serves as a catalogue for an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London from 31st July to 27th October 1991.

ISBN:

0300051654 (cloth)
9780300051650 (cloth)
0300051662 (paper)
9780300051667 (paper)

Subject:

Schinkel, Karl Friedrich, 1781-1841 Exhibitions.
Schinkel, Karl Friedrich, 1781-1841 Catalogues.
Schinkel, Karl Friedrich, 1781-1841
Neoclassicism (Architecture) Germany Exhibitions.
Néoclassicisme (Architecture) Allemagne Expositions.
Neoclassicism (Architecture)
Gebouwen.
Architects Germany 19th century Exhibitions.
Germany
Architecture.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Added entries:

Snodin, Michael.
Victoria and Albert Museum.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 151999
Call No.: NA44.S336.9 S6 1991
Status: Available