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(Karl Friedrich Schinkel – Lebenswerk, Band 20) Schinkel ist vor allem als Architekt weltberühmt. Das hat dazu geführt, dass die Bedeutung des Bildes ...
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Introduction by Bernard Tschumi. In A Landscape of Events, the celebrated French architect, urban planner, and philosopher Paul Virilio focuses on the cultural ...
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Endlich, freut sich Gottfried Knapp, stellt mal einer heraus, dass Karl Friedrich Schinkel mehr war als ein Klassizist. Auf diesen Stil wollen ihn ...
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Wilhelm Worringer’s landmark study in the interpretation of modern art, first published in 1908, has seldom been out of print. Its profound impact ...
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Those who go about on the Riva always expect four times the value for anything, for they are the falsest knaves that live ...
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The Divine Comedy is Dante’s record of his visionary journey through the triple realms of Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. This, the first ‘epic’ ...
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The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1935, Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit), by Walter Benjamin, is an ...
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One of Honore de Balzac’s most celebrated tales, “The Unknown Masterpiece” is the story of a painter who, depending on one’s perspective, is ...
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