In What Style Should We Build?: The German Debate on Architectural Style

Heinrich Hubsch/ Rudolf Wiegmann/ Carl Albert Rosenthal/ Johann Heinrich Wolff/ Carl Gottlieb Wilhem Botticher

ISBN 10: 0892361980 / ISBN 13: 9780892361984

Published by J Paul Getty Museum Pubns, 1996

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1st edition. 216 pages. 10.75x8.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In What Style Should We Build?: The German Debate on Architectural Style
• Publisher: J Paul Getty Museum Pubns
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0892361980
• ISBN 13: 9780892361984
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.68 kilograms

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Synopsis

This series offers a range of heretofore unavailable writings in English translation on the subjects of art, architecture, and aesthetics.Hubsch's argument that the technical progress and changed living habits of the nineteenth century rendered neoclassical principles antiquated is presented here along with responses to his essay by architects, historians, and critics over two decades.

About the Author

Wolfgang Herrmann has spent most of his professional life in England. Political events forced his exile from Germany in 1933. Since then, he has devoted most of his scholarly career to the study of the theory of architecture and has written books on Laugier and Perrault.

Wolfgang Herrmann has spent most of his professional life in England. Political events forced his exile from Germany in 1933. Since then, he has devoted most of his scholarly career to the study of the theory of architecture and has written books on Laugier and Perrault.