Style: Style in the technical and tectonic arts; or, Practical aesthetics txt
Gottfried Semper ; introduction by Harry Francis Mallgrave ; translation by Harry Francis Mallgrave and Michael Robinson.
- viii, 980 p. ill. (some col.) 27 cm. book
- Texts & documents .
include index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 921-954) and index.
Introduction / Harry Francis Mallgrave -- Style in the technical and tectonic arts; or, Practical aesthetics: A handbook for technicians, artists, and friends of the arts: Part 1, Technical origin of the most important forms, types, and symbols in architecture -- Prolegomena -- Volume 1. Textile art: Considered in itself and in relation to architecture -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Classification of the technical arts -- 3. Textiles, A: General-formal -- 4. Textiles, B: Technical-historical -- Volume 2. Ceramics, tectonics, stereotomy, metallurgy: Considered in themselves and in relation to architecture -- 5. Ceramics, A: Aesthetic-formal -- 6. Ceramics, B: Technical-historical -- 7. Tectonics (carpentry), A: General-formal -- 8. Tectonics, B: Technical-historical -- 9. Stereotomy (stone construction), A: Aesthetic-formal -- 10. Stereotomy, B: Technical-historical -- 11. Metallurgy (metalwork) -- Semper's table of contents -- Plates -- Works cited by Semper -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
Style, Semper believed, should be governed by historical function, cultural affinities, creative free will, and the innate properties of each medium. He tried to turn 19th century artistic discussion away from historicism, aestheticism and materialism.
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Architecture--Aesthetics. Decoration and ornament, Architectural Architecture--History.