Bötticher, Karl
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art; Architecture; History of Art; 19th-Century Art. 754 words.
(Gottlieb Wilhelm)
(b Nordhausen, May 29, 1806; d Berlin, June 19, 1889).
German architect, theorist, teacher and writer. He entered the Berlin Bauakademie in 1827 and...
Craftsman Movement
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online February 2010 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art; Professional Interior Design; Architecture; Art of the United States; 19th-Century Art; 20th-Century Art. 1005 words.
Early 20th-century American manifestation of the late 19th-century international Arts and Crafts Movement and similarly grounded on the ideas of John Ruskin and William Morris. The...
Durand, Jean-Nicolas-Louis
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art; Architecture; Art Education; History of Art; 18th-Century Art; 19th-Century Art. 1080 words.
(b Paris, Sept 18, 1760; d Thiais, Dec 31, 1834).
French architect, teacher and writer. He was one of the most influential teachers of his time, and his radically rationalist...
Endell, August
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art; Architecture; History of Art; 19th-Century Art; 20th-Century Art. 708 words.
(b Berlin, April 12, 1871; d Berlin, April 13, 1925).
German architect, designer, writer and teacher. After moving to Munich in 1892, he abandoned his plan to become a...
Hübsch, (Gottlieb) Heinrich
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art; Architecture; History of Art; 19th-Century Art. 1157 words.
(Christian)
(b Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Feb 9, 1795; d Karlsruhe, April 3, 1863).
German architect, architectural historian, theorist, writer and teacher. He was...
Morris, William
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art; Ceramic Arts, Pottery, and Glass; Graphic Design and Typography; Professional Interior Design; Publishing; Textiles and Embroidery; Book Arts and Illustration; 19th-Century Art. 5637 words.
(b Walthamstow [now in London], March 24, 1834; d London, Oct 3, 1896).
English designer, writer and activist. His importance as both a designer and propagandist for the arts...
Semper, Gottfried
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art; Architecture; 19th-Century Art. 2892 words.
(b Hamburg, Nov 29, 1803; d Rome, May 15, 1879).
German architect, teacher and writer. He was one of the best-known and authoritative exponents of the historicist approach to...
Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art; Conservation, Preservation, and Care of Artworks; Architecture; 19th-Century Art. 4740 words.
(b Paris, Jan 27, 1814; d Lausanne, Sept 17, 1879).
French architect, restorer, designer and writer. He is one of the few architects whose name is known to the general...
