Space Into Light: The Churches of Balthasar Neumann

by Christian F. Otto

Balthasar Neumann (1687-1753) has been called by Kenneth Clark "the greatest architect of the eighteenth century." Described as being at the same time "sensuous and complex, frivolous and devout, ceremonious and playful," Neumann's work provided a high point in the tradition of intensely spatial architecture begun early in the seventeenth century in Italy and France. Neumann was one of Europe's most prolific architects, and among his many building...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262150190
• ISBN13: 9780262150194
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.