day building method? These questions and many more have been asked and debated for centuries, and as architects we study the arguments and ideals of the greatest of the host who have asked: what is architecture? Thesis: Gottfried Semper and Karl Friedrich Schinkel are two of the most notable names in architecture and architectural theory from the 19th Century. Both of these men practiced architecture during the 1800’s in Europe and both men held strong convictions regarding their personal answers to
Revolution marched on Cologne and the archbishop fled the city. The beloved cathedral was used as a storage warehouse by the french until the city was handed over to Prussian Rule. When famous Prussian architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel came to town, he sent for his talented student, Ernst Friedrich Zwirner, to take on the project of finishing the cathedral. He wanted it to be finished in the way it was originally designed hundreds of years prior. Builders followed medieval plans in accordance with form
Today’s modern architecture is inspired by great 18th century architects. Architecture during this period expressed passion in sculpture and decorative art from the Neoclassical and Romanticism periods. Architecture a unifying or coherent form or structure as defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary describes the ideal construction of two great periods. (Merriam-Webster, n.d) Neoclassical and Romanticism artistic structures composed throughout this era were marvels and beauties during this century
Behrens, where Mies learned to appreciate order and fine detail, as well as new ideas on proportion, simplicity, and the use of steel and glass. Mies acquired a romantic language from Behrens that derived from “ his domestic architecture from Karl Friedrich Schinkel. It was characterized by a unique sense of rhythm and proportion, a purity of form, and a nobility that stemmed from the practice of placing structures on wide platforms or pedestals.” T... ... middle of paper ... ...ong U-turn from the