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

Herrmann, Wolfgang (ed.)

ISBN 10: 0892361980 / ISBN 13: 9780892361984

Published by The Getty Center, Santa Monica, 1992

About this Item

xi., 202 pages, b/w illustrations, biographies, bibliography. Includes essays by Heinrich Hübsch, Carl Gottlieb Wilhelm Bötticher, Rudolf Wiegmann, Carl Albert Rosenthal, Johann Heinrich Wolff. Minor wear, unmarked. [823] Size: 260mm. x 190mm.

Seller Inventory # 015035

Bibliographic Details

• Title: In What Style Should We Build? The German Debate on Architectural Style
• Publisher: The Getty Center, Santa Monica
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0892361980
• ISBN 13: 9780892361984
• Binding: Card Covers
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture

About this title

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.