Classicism and Romanticism moved towards Modern Architecture in Schinkels buildings; his Collection of Architectural Designs led the way to our contemporary understanding of the work of the architect; and as a state master building he shaped the architectural culture of his time.

In the book Schinkel: A Meander Through His Life and Work, Kurt Forster, Forster delves into the life of a universal scholar and versatile artist. Schinkel led an intensive, if not boundless, exchange with the society and the developments of the 19th century.

The (equally) ingenious portrayal by one of the most renowned art and architectural historians of our time is displayed in richly illustrated thematic chapters the dialogue between Schinkel as a person, his oeuvre and his cultural world.

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Kurt W. Forster is an Emeritus Visiting Professor at the Yale School of Architecture. He has taught at Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, and Bauhaus University at Weimar and founded and directed research institutes at the Getty Research Center in Los Angeles and the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal. He has organized major exhibitions on Schinkel in Chicago, Carlo Scarpa in Vicenza, Italy, Herzog & de Meuron in Montreal, and for the 2004 Venice Biennale. Forster has published widely on the history of art and architecture. He is a member of the Research Council of the Palladio Center in Vicenza, Italy; the Bauhaus Foundation, Dessau, Germany; and the Accademia di San Lucca in Rome. Forster attended the universities of Berlin, Munich, and Florence and received a Ph.D. from the University of Zurich.

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