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Karl Friedrich Schinkel - Late Projects (German, English, Hardcover)
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Text in English and German. 2 Books in slipcase. Karl Friedrich
Schinkel called his designs for a palace on the Acropolis in Athens
and for Orianda Castle in the Crimea a 'beautiful dream'. They date
from 1834 and 1838 and were Schinkel's last major projects, in
which he presented his ideal of architecture in brilliant drawings
and watercolours, as if in a last will and testament. Both the
formal language of neo-Classical architecture and the quality of
presentation are brought to a level here that can scarcely be
surpassed. It is clear how highly Schinkel himself esteemed these
two unrealized designs from the fact that he had them printed as
coloured lithographs in his publication 'Werke der hoheren Baukunst
fur die Ausfuhrung erfunden' (Potsdam 1840 to 1942). These
lithographs are reprinted in a large format for the first time
here, complemented by the no less spectacular lithographs of the
two Pliny villas, Tusculum and Laurentinum. These works, which
represent a high point in the long story of the reconstruction of
the two villas that have come down to us only in literature, also
show Schinkel's impressive ability to demonstrate and convey his
architectural ideas. He is profoundly concerned, both in the
reconstructions of the Pliny villas and in the designs for the
royal palace on the Acropolis and Orianda Castle to be
archaeologically precise and to fulfil prescribed building
programmes, but also to plumb the possibilities of architecture
beyond mere utility. For the Acropolis palace project he had his
eye mainly on the way in which the new building would interact with
the surviving remains of the Propylaea and the Parthenon. In the
Orianda project it is a glazed observation pavilion in the form of
a temple that expresses architecture's perception of itself more
clearly than perhaps ever before.
General
Imprint: |
Edition Axel Menges
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Country of origin: |
Germany |
Release date: |
March 2000 |
First published: |
October 2000 |
Authors: |
Klaus Jan Philipp
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Dimensions: |
315 x 248 x 44mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
240 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-930698-11-0 |
Languages: |
German
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English
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Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Architecture >
Individual architects
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LSN: |
3-930698-11-0 |
Barcode: |
9783930698110 |
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