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ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTS | BUILDINGS Kurt W. Forster
Schinkel A Meander through his Life and Work PAGES ILLS. FORMAT PRINT HC
400 150 b/w, 100 color 24.0 × 17.0 cm EUR 49.95 / USD 59.95 / GBP 37.99 978-3-0356-0778-9 EN EBOOK EUR 49.95 / USD 59.95 / GBP 37.99 PDF 978-3-0356-0683-6 EN EPUB 978-3-0356-0685-0 EN PRINT + EBOOK EUR 79.95 / USD 96.00 / GBP 59.99 978-3-0356-0684-3 EN Available May 2017
Schinkel – the great architect in his century
English
The 19th-century German architect and artist, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, is among the great personalities in the world of architecture. Transcending the conventions of Classicism and Romanticism with his own original ideas, he shaped the culture of his time. He elevated building to the level of a science with his teaching and publishing, yet neglected neither its poetic qualities nor its eminently practical significance. As a universal scholar and versatile master builder, Schinkel exchanged views with leading personalities from far and wide.
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Written by one of the most important art and architectural historians of the present day, the richly illustrated chapters unfold a dialogue between Schinkel as an individual, his oeuvre, the universe in which he lived and his longterm legacy. Kurt W. Forster Emeritus Visiting Professor at the Yale School of Architecture, art and architecture historian
Kurt Forster’s long-awaited book A unique view of Karl Friedrich Schinkel Life, work, period