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100 1 _aSemper, Gottfried
_d1803-1879.
_9275905
245 1 0 _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
264 _aLos angeles
_bGetty Publications
_c2004
300 _aviii, 980 p.
_bill. (some col.)
_c27 cm.
_fbook
336 _2rdacontent
_btxt
_atext
337 _2rdamedia
_bn
_aunmediaded
338 _2rdacarrier
_bnc
_avolume
490 0 _aTexts & documents
500 _ainclude index.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 921-954) and index.
505 _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.
520 _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.
650 0 _aArchitecture
_xAesthetics.
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650 0 _aDecoration and ornament, Architectural
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650 0 _aArchitecture
_xHistory.
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700 1 _aMallgrave, Harry Francis,
_d1947-
_9249296
700 1 _aRobinson, Michael.
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710 2 _aGetty Research Institute.
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