The Four Elements of Architecture and Other Writings

by Gottfried Semper

Gottfied Semper was the most important German theorist of the nineteenth century. From his first published essay on Greek polychromy in 1834 to his final lecture on the origin of architectural styles in 1869, Semper persistently endeavoured to fashion a comprehensive architectural theory explaining the meaning and transformational nature of architectural form. The breadth and richness of his ideas, both applauded and opposed at the turn of the twentieth...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521180864
• ISBN13: 9780521180863
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"