Karl Friedrich Schinkel 1781-1841: The Drama of Architecture

by Wolfgang Pehnt

Neoclassicism's most prominent exponent in Prussia, Karl Friedrich Schinkel is revered today for his reshaping of Berlin as Prussia's capital, and for catalyzing the Greek Revival in Germany. Most of Berlin's most famous Neoclassical structures are his doing--the Neue Wache, the Schauspielhaus, the Gendarmenmarkt and the Altes Museum, for example. His Bauakademie of 1836 is even considered by many to foreshadow the austerity and clean lines of German...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3803028221
• ISBN13: 9783803028228
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: Wasmuth
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.5" x 11.8"