Gottfried Semper

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Gottfried Semper was a 19th-century German architect and theorist known for his influential writings on architectural style and his design of major public buildings such as the Semperoper in Dresden.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German person
architect
architecture theorist
human
university teacher
countryOfBirth Holy Roman Empire
countryOfCitizenship Germany
countryOfDeath Kingdom of Italy
dateOfBirth 1803-11-29
dateOfDeath 1879-05-15
educatedAt Bauakademie Berlin
linked to: Bauakademie, Berlin

University of Göttingen
École des Beaux-Arts
employer ETH Zurich
Polytechnikum Zürich
linked to: ETH Zurich

Royal Academy of Fine Arts Dresden
ethnicGroup German
familyName Semper
fieldOfWork architectural theory
architecture
genre architectural theory
art theory
givenName Gottfried
hasWorkInCollection Dresden State Art Collections
ETH Zurich archives
linked to: ETH Zurich
influenced Adolf Loos
Otto Wagner
Richard Wagner
modern architectural theory
languageOfWorkOrName French
German
mannerOfDeath natural causes
movement Historicism
Rundbogenstil
linked to: Neo-Romanesque
name Gottfried Semper
nativeLanguage German
notableIdea cladding (Bekleidung) theory
theory of the four elements of architecture
notableWork Burgtheater (Vienna) design
Der Stil in den technischen und tektonischen Künsten
Die vier Elemente der Baukunst
ETH Zurich main building
linked to: ETH Zurich

Hoftheater Dresden
Kaiserforum (Vienna) plans
Polytechnikum Zürich main building
linked to: ETH Zurich

Semper Gallery (Dresden)
linked to: Semper Gallery

Semperoper
Vienna Ringstrasse projects
linked to: Ringstrasse, Vienna

Zwinger terrace in Dresden
occupation architect
art historian
university professor
writer
participantIn May Uprising in Dresden (1849)
placeOfBirth Hamburg
placeOfDeath Rome
positionHeld professor of architecture
residence Dresden
London
linked to: London, England

Vienna
Zurich
sexOrGender male

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Karl Friedrich Schinkel influenced Gottfried Semper
Kunsthistorisches Museum architect Gottfried Semper
Gottfried Semper name Gottfried Semper
Burgtheater architect Gottfried Semper
subject linked to: Burgtheater, Vienna
Semperoper architect Gottfried Semper
Semperoper namedAfter Gottfried Semper
Semperoper reconstructedBy Gottfried Semper
KHM architect Gottfried Semper
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien designedBy Gottfried Semper
Schwerin Castle architect Gottfried Semper
Museum of Art History designedBy Gottfried Semper
Museum of Natural History designedBy Gottfried Semper