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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gottfried Semper canonical | 12 |
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Target entity: Gottfried Semper Context triple: [Karl Friedrich Schinkel, influenced, Gottfried Semper]
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Friedrich August Stüler
Friedrich August Stüler was a prominent 19th-century German architect known for his neoclassical and historicist designs, including major works in Berlin and Potsdam.
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Hendrik Petrus Berlage
Hendrik Petrus Berlage was a pioneering Dutch architect and urban planner, often regarded as the father of modern architecture in the Netherlands.
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Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Karl Friedrich Schinkel was a prominent 19th-century Prussian architect, city planner, and designer known for shaping Berlin’s urban landscape with refined neoclassical and later Gothic Revival buildings.
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D.
Hannes Meyer
Hannes Meyer was a Swiss architect and urban planner who served as the second director of the Bauhaus, known for his functionalist, socially oriented approach to design and architecture.
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Sigfried Giedion
Sigfried Giedion was a Swiss art historian and architectural critic best known for his influential writings on modern architecture, particularly the seminal book "Space, Time and Architecture."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Gottfried Semper Target entity description: 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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Friedrich August Stüler
Friedrich August Stüler was a prominent 19th-century German architect known for his neoclassical and historicist designs, including major works in Berlin and Potsdam.
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B.
Hendrik Petrus Berlage
Hendrik Petrus Berlage was a pioneering Dutch architect and urban planner, often regarded as the father of modern architecture in the Netherlands.
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C.
Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Karl Friedrich Schinkel was a prominent 19th-century Prussian architect, city planner, and designer known for shaping Berlin’s urban landscape with refined neoclassical and later Gothic Revival buildings.
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Hannes Meyer
Hannes Meyer was a Swiss architect and urban planner who served as the second director of the Bauhaus, known for his functionalist, socially oriented approach to design and architecture.
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E.
Sigfried Giedion
Sigfried Giedion was a Swiss art historian and architectural critic best known for his influential writings on modern architecture, particularly the seminal book "Space, Time and Architecture."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German person
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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
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surface form:
Bauakademie Berlin
University of Göttingen ⓘ École des Beaux-Arts ⓘ |
| employer |
ETH Zurich
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ETH Zurich ⓘ
surface form:
Polytechnikum Zürich
Dresden Academy of Fine Arts ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Academy of Fine Arts Dresden
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| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName | Semper ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architectural theory
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architecture ⓘ |
| genre |
architectural theory
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art theory ⓘ |
| givenName | Gottfried ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
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surface form:
Dresden State Art Collections
ETH Zurich ⓘ
surface form:
ETH Zurich archives
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| influenced |
Adolf Loos
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Otto Wagner ⓘ Richard Wagner ⓘ modern architectural theory ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
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German ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| movement |
Historicism
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Neo-Romanesque ⓘ
surface form:
Rundbogenstil
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| name | Gottfried Semper self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
cladding (Bekleidung) theory
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theory of the four elements of architecture ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Burgtheater (Vienna) design
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Der Stil in den technischen und tektonischen Künsten ⓘ Die vier Elemente der Baukunst ⓘ ETH Zurich ⓘ
surface form:
ETH Zurich main building
Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden ⓘ
surface form:
Hoftheater Dresden
Kaiserforum (Vienna) plans ⓘ ETH Zurich ⓘ
surface form:
Polytechnikum Zürich main building
Semper Gallery ⓘ
surface form:
Semper Gallery (Dresden)
Semperoper ⓘ Ringstrasse, Vienna ⓘ
surface form:
Vienna Ringstrasse projects
Zwinger Palace, Dresden ⓘ
surface form:
Zwinger terrace in Dresden
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| occupation |
architect
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art historian ⓘ university professor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Dresden uprising of 1849
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surface form:
May Uprising in Dresden (1849)
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| placeOfBirth | Hamburg ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Rome ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of architecture ⓘ |
| residence |
Dresden
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
Vienna ⓘ Zurich ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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