Main entry:

Hvattum, Mari, 1966-

Title & Author:

Gottfried Semper and the problem of historicism / Mari Hvattum.

Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Description:

xiii,274 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Gottfried Semper: Texts and Interpretations -- 1. The Cult of Origins -- Universal Origins: Laugier and the Primitive Hut -- Historical Origins: Quatremere de Quincy and the Caractere Relatif -- Ritual Origins: Gustav Klemm and the Anthropology of Art -- 2. The Doctrine of Imitation -- Ideal Imitation: Quatremere de Quincy and La Belle Nature -- Organic Imitation: Goethe, Schlegel, and Schaffende Natur -- Tectonic Imitation: Karl Botticher and the Autonomy of Form -- 3. Semper and the Poetic of Architecture -- The Primitive Hut Rebuilt -- Imitation Redefined -- Architecture as Mimesis of Praxis -- 4. Semper and Practical Aesthetics -- The Theory of Formal Beauty -- The Theory of Symbolic Form and the Aesthetic Evolution of Art -- The Formula for Style -- 5. The Comparative Method -- Comparative Architecture -- Comparative Anatomy -- Comparative Linguistics -- 6. Towards a Method of Inventing -- Comparison as Experiment: Comte and La Physique Sociale -- Poiesis and Production in Semper's Method of Inventing -- 7. Semper and the "Style of Our Time" -- The "Dilemma of Style" -- Semper: Style as Result -- The Necessity for Disintegration and the New Synthesis of Art -- 8. History and Historicism -- From Geschichten to Geschichte: The Organic Unity of History -- The Artwork of the Future -- The Future as a Work of Art -- 9. Between Poetics and Practical Aesthetics -- Wilhelm Dilthey: Historicity and Historicism -- Semper and the Question of Method: A Conclusion.
Prolegomenon -- Introduction : Gottfried Semper, texts and interpretations -- The cult of origins -- The doctrine of imitation -- Semper and the poetics of architecture -- Semper and practical aesthetics -- The comparative method -- Towards a method of inventing -- Semper and the "style of our time" -- History and historicism -- Between poetics and practical aesthetics.
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ISBN:

0521821630 (hardcover)
9780521821636 (hardcover)

Subject:

Semper, Gottfried, 1803-1879 Criticism and interpretation.
Semper, Gottfried, 1803-1879.
Historicism in architecture.
Historicism.
Historicisme en architecture.
Historicisme.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 230372
Call No.: NA44.S473.23 H9 2003
Status: Available