02521nam a2200349Ia 4500003000600000005001700006008004100023010001700064020001800081040003400099041000800133050002400141082001500165100003400180245020600214264004200420300004900462336002600511337002800537338002700565490002200592500001900614504006400633505100600697520025701703650003701960650005001997650003402047700003702081700002302118710003002141pucpr20201106144418.0150603s2004    caua     b    001 0 eng    a  2002153381  a9780892365975  apucprbengerdacpucprdpucpr0 aeng00aNA2500bS46213 200400a720/.12211 aSemper, Gottfriedd1803-1879.10aStyle: Style in the technical and tectonic arts; or, Practical aestheticscGottfried Semper ; introduction by Harry Francis Mallgrave ; translation by Harry Francis Mallgrave and Michael Robinson.htxt  aLos angelesbGetty Publicationsc2004  aviii, 980 p.bill. (some col.)c27 cm.fbook  2rdacontentbtxtatext  2rdamediabnaunmediaded  2rdacarrierbncavolume 0aTexts & documents  ainclude index.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 921-954) and index.  aIntroduction / 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.  aStyle, 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. 0aArchitecturexAesthetics.2Local 0aDecoration and ornament, Architectural2Local 0aArchitecturexHistory.2Local1 aMallgrave, Harry Francis,d1947-1 aRobinson, Michael.2 aGetty Research Institute.