i am researching for my dissertation and my tutor mentioned this quote but i can't read the name of it as his hand writing is so bad! i think it says mend_ _ _ son, help!!
please if anyone has any idea who said this let me know!
thank you!!
2007-01-03 06:54:45 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
I think the quote that you have mentioned is like this, "Architecture in general is frozen music" and it was by Friedrich von Schelling (1775-1854) from the book Philosophie der Kunst (1809).
2007-01-03 21:25:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely he is refering to Erich Mendelsohn (21 March 1887 – 15 September 1953) who was a German Jewish architect, known for his expressionist buildings in the 1920s, the first in the style, as well as for developing a dynamic functionalism in his projects for department stores and cinemas.
I am unaware and unable to find this quote. Here is information on Mendelson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Mendelsohn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressionist_architecture
However, the most famous quote is from the poet Goethe who said that "architecture is frozen music"
Architecture is "frozen music"… Really there is something in this; the tone of mind produced by architecture approaches the effect of music."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
2007-01-03 07:03:21 · answer #2 · answered by Melli 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋