Using key texts by the German architect and theorist Gottfried Semper, Mari Hvattum offers a reinterpretation of historicism, viewed as a philosophical outlook as well as an architectural problem. Hvattum focuses on Semper's two major concerns: an understanding of the ontological significance of art and architecture, and their rendering as objects of scientific investigation and prediction. She uses Semper's thought as a means to address the inherent problems of historicist thought and its continued influence on modern architectural discourse.
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Using key texts by the German architect and theorist Gottfried Semper, Mari Hvattum offers a reinterpretation of historicism, which is here viewed both as a philosophical outlook and as an architectural problem. Hvattum focuses on Semper's two major concerns: an understanding of the ontological significance of art and architecture, and the rendering of art and architecture as the objects of scientific investigation and prediction. Hvattum investigates the background and implications of these conflicting concerns.
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Der Stil, Gottfried Semper, Edinburgh University Library, Glasgow University Library, Syndics of Cambridge University Library, Department of Special Collections, Karl Bötticher, Fischer von Erlach, Claude-Nicolas-Louis Durand, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Gustav Klemm, Friedrich Schlegel, Die Tektonik, Practical Aesthetics Browse Sample Pages:
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Der Stil, Gottfried Semper, Edinburgh University Library, Glasgow University Library, Syndics of Cambridge University Library, Department of Special Collections, Karl Bötticher, Fischer von Erlach, Claude-Nicolas-Louis Durand, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Gustav Klemm, Friedrich Schlegel, Die Tektonik, Practical Aesthetics Browse Sample Pages:
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- Interpretation in Architecture: Design as Way of Thinking by Richard Coyne on 4 pages
- Tracing Modernity: Manifestations of the Modern in Architecture and the City by Mari Hvattum in Front Matter
- Primitive: Original Matters in Architecture by Jo Odgers in Front Matter
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