LEADER 03356oam 2200445Ma 450 001 9910901882203321 005 20210304124007.0 010 $a9780262367974 010 $a0-262-36797-1 035 $a(CKB)5450000000038553 035 $a(OCoLC)1149352553 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1149352553 035 $a(MaCbMITP)3331 035 $a(EXLCZ)995450000000038553 100 $a19880323d1984 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGottfried Semper $ein search of architecture /$fWolfgang Herrmann 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cMIT Press$dİ1984 215 $a1 online resource $cillustrations 300 $aIncludes indexes. 300 $aTranslated by the author. 311 $a0-262-08144-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 330 $aHerrmann traces his life, analyzes his writings, including his major work, Der Stil, and presents translations of recently uncovered texts.Preface by Adolf Max Vogt For the generation after Karl Frederich Schinkel, Gottfried Semper (1803-1879) was the most admired architect in Germany. His buildings, such as the opera houses in Dresden and two museums in Vienna, were outstanding examples of their kind. To later generations, however, Semper is known primarily for his writings. Although Semper is arguably the 19th century's most important theoretician, the subtlety of his thought and the difficulty of his German have kept his works from being translated and his contribution from being assessed until now. Herrmann traces his life, analyzes his writings--in particular his major work, Der Stil and presents translations of recently uncovered texts. Der Stil, long a basic source of ideas for architects, had a profound impact on European modernists and proto-modernists alike. H.P. Berlage, Otto Wagner, Bruno Taut, and Walter Gropius were influenced by it, as were any number of American architects, including Bernard Maybeck and Louis Sullivan. Following the biographical chapters, which clarify the extent to which Semper's strongly held political convictions (he was forced to flee Dresden after the revolution of 1849 failed) informed his ideas about architecture, Herrmann presents the colorful genesis of Der Stil. Through his close reading of the texts, Herrmann brings to light Semper's position on iron, on Gothic and contemporary architecture, on the primitive hut, and on the ideas of the archaeologist Karl B. Cher. Among the previously unpublished manuscripts that conclude the book is material essential to a clear understanding of the ideas developed in Der Stil.Wolfgang Herrmann has spent most of his professional life in England. Political events forced his exile from Germany in 1933. Since then, he has devoted most of his scholarly career to the study of the theory of architecture and has written books on Laugier and Perrault. 606 $aArchitects$zGermany$vBiography 610 $aARCHITECTURE/Architectural History/Modern Architecture 615 0$aArchitects 676 $a720/.92/4 676 $aB 700 $aHerrmann$b Wolfgang$f1899-1995.$01772660 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910901882203321 996 $aGottfried Semper$94274070 997 $aUNINA