Pietro Nobile (1776–1854): Neoclassicism between Technique and Beauty

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Pietro Nobile (1776–1854)

Neoclassicism between Technique and Beauty

Edited by: Taťána Petrasová
With contributions by: Rossella Fabiani and Richard Kurdiovsky

Overview

About this book

Pietro Nobile (1776–1854), originally from Ticino in Switzerland, Director of the School of Architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, architect working for the imperial court and protégé of the Austrian Chancellor of State Clemens Lothar Metternich, attempted to combine science, mechanics, and aesthetics in architecture. An architect trained both as an engineer and academically, he reformed teaching at the School of Architecture at the Academy in Vienna by reacting to the design methods introduced at the Polytechnic in Paris, and by making academic drawing compulsory for engineers. The publication presents the results of Italian-Austrian-Czech cooperation on research into the architect’s death estate in Trieste and Bellinzona, Switzerland, and other materials scattered throughout Europe.

Author / Editor information

Taťána Petrasová (Ed.), Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague.
Rossella Fabiani, Richard Kurdiovsky.

Topics

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Architectural historians, historians.
Pages
- Main content: 272
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 63
- Coloured Illustrations: 113
Keywords: History of architecture; architecture education; Pietro Nobile; neoclassicism.

Hardcover

Published: October 25, 2021
ISBN: 9783110691450