{"product_id":"schinkel","title":"Martin Steffens: Schinkel [2016] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith an eye for detail as much as expanse, Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841) made his name as an architect and urban planner, a painter, and as a designer of both furniture and stage sets. His work was so admired by King Frederick William III that Schinkel acted as state architect of Prussia for nearly his entire career, creating major landmarks in Berlin, including the National Theatre and the Altes Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch of Schinkel's most famous work adopted Neo-Classical aesthetics, drawing upon Ancient Greek paradigms rather than those of Imperial Rome. He would subsequently turn to a Neo-Gothic style, as seen in the elegant windows and soaring nave of Berlin's Friedrichswerder Church. Later, Schinkel would adopt an unusually streamlined, red brick facade in the Academy of Architecture, now considered a forerunner of modern architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered a genius by contemporaries, Schinkel now gets the TASCHEN treatment with this richly illustrated introduction to his expansive oeuvre and commitment to beautiful form and function.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn back in 1985, the Basic Art Series has evolved into the best-selling art book collection ever published. Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Architecture series features:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ean introduction to the life and work of the architect\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe major works in chronological order\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einformation about the clients, architectural preconditions as well as construction problems and resolutions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea list of all the selected works and a map indicating the locations of the best and most famous buildings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eapproximately 120 illustrations (photographs, sketches, drafts, and plans)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steffens, Martin \u0026 Goessel, Peter","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46574131118419,"sku":"9783836537490","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/steffens-martin-goessel-peter-martin-steffens-schinkel-2016-hardback-9783836537490-57844914946387.jpg?v=1726954868","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/schinkel","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}