London Writings  1850-1855 

 - Zurich  gta Verlag  2021 
 - 1 online resource (594 p.) 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> Gottfried Semper (1803-1879) left behind a voluminous legacy of architectural-theory writings. The manner, in his works, in which he analyzed architecture from a cultural-historical perspective as the key discipline in human artistry continues to exert a deep fascination up until today. The London Writings make available previously unpublished or little-known texts originating during Semper's exile in London (1850-1855) in a critical and commented edition, including in their original wordings. Swayed by his impressions of the first Great Exhibition of 1851 and as a lecturer at the Department of Practical Art, it was in London that Semper laid the foundations for his theoretical magnum opus Der Stil (Style, 1860/63). He counterpoised the phenomena of the globalized flow of merchandise and a globalization of knowledge that he observed with his thoughts on the global development of architectural culture in all its manifold material, social and political conditions. 
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<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-3-85676-403-6 978-3-85676-425-8 gta/4258 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.54872/gta/4258  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>AMA<br/>AMB<br/>AMX<br/>GLMA<br/>HBLL
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Architectural history Architectural theory First World Expo Gottfried Semper