Name: Schinkel
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Karl Friedrich Schinkels (1781-1841) vielfältige Verbindungen mit Wissenschaft, Kunst und Architektur verliehen ihm eine eminent kulturelle Präsenz. Ein erfindungsreicher Szenograf und passionierter Leser, zudem musikalisch und zeichnerisch begabt, erdachte Schinkel eine Fülle von Projekten für Berlin, Preußen und Orte wie Athen und die Krim. Versiert und ästhetisch anspruchsvoll im Umgang mit allen Aspekten der Architektur, begann er seine Projekte und Bauten in Stichserien herauszugeben und erfand damit die erfolgreichste Form der Architekturpublikation überhaupt. Seine Architekturbilder bereicherte er mit Erfahrungen auf dem Theater; er verlieh seinen Bauten eine stark affektive Wirkung, die weit über funktionale und technische Belange hinausweist. Weitgereist zwischen Sizilien, Schottland, Polen und Frankreich erdachte Schinkel Bauten, die sich im internationalen Vergleich zu behaupten vermögen und als Bauideen bis heute eine nachhaltige Wirkung zeitigen.

The 19th-century German architect and artist, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, was among the great personalities in the world of architecture. Classicism and Romanticism moved towards Modern Architecture in his buildings; his Collection of Architectural Designs led the way to our contemporary understanding of the work of the architect; and as a state master building he shaped the architectural culture of his time. A universal scholar and versatile artist, Schinkel led an intensive, if not boundless exchange with the society and the developments of the 19th century. The (equally) ingenious portrayal by one of the most renowned art and architectural historians of our time displays in richly illustrated thematic chapters the dialogue between Schinkel as a person, his oeuvre and his cultural world.

"The book is an entirely distinctive genre within the world of architectural monographs; Forster’s investigation alights with wit on topics appealing to his subject’s imagination, and he finds meaning in the slightest signal. [...] With its color illustrations laid out, framed, and cropped as so many mnemonic guides to an architect long thought to be dry and academic, perhaps the greatest gift of this book is the excitement it conveys about Schinkel and his work." Anthony Vidler in: Architectural Record (18.03.2019), <A href="https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13912-schinkel-a-meander-through-his-life-and-work">https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13912-schinkel-a-meander-through-his-life-and-work</A> "El profesor Forster nos presenta un estudio del arquitecto alemán y de su arte, escrito con profunda admiración por el personaje, editado de forma exquisita y arcaizante, con un medido despliegue de ilustraciones de pequeño formato y color ligeramente virado al sepia, donde sólo la introducción de cada capítulo en gruesas letras de palo sugiere una concesión a la actualidad." Justo Isasi in: Arquitectura Viva 210 (2018), 57

A Meander through his Life and Work

Schinkel

Kurt W. Forster, Emeritus Visiting Professor an der Yale School of Architecture, Kunst- und Architekturhistoriker

Kurt W. Forster, Emeritus Visiting Professor at the Yale School of Architecture art and architecture historian.

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<LI>Ein einzigartiger Blick auf Karl Friedrich Schinkel </LI>
<LI>Leben, Werk und Zeit </LI>
<LI>Kurt Forsters lange erwartetes Buch </LI></UL>

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<LI>Kurt Forster’s long-awaited book </LI>
<LI>A unique view of Karl Friedrich Schinkel </LI>
<LI>Life, work, period </LI></UL>

Der große Architekt in seiner Zeit

The great architect in his century

The great architect in his century  The 19th-century German architect and artist, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, was among the great personalities in the world of architecture. Classicism and Romanticism moved towards Modern Architecture in his buildings; his Collection of Architectural Designs led the way to our contemporary understanding of the work of the architect; and as a state master building he shaped the architectural culture of his time.   A universal scholar and versatile artist, Schinkel led an intensive, if not boundless exchange with the society and the developments of the 19th century. The (equally) ingenious portrayal by one of the most renowned art and architectural historians of our time displays in richly illustrated thematic chapters the dialogue between Schinkel as a person, his oeuvre and his cultural world.    
Kurt Forster’s long-awaited book 
A unique view of Karl Friedrich Schinkel 
Life, work, period 

The great architect in his century  The 19th-century German architect and artist, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, was among the great personalities