Voids and bodies: August Schmarsow, Bruno Zevi and space as a historiographical theme
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Journal of Art Historiography. 2016, (14), .Sammendrag
The understanding that the concept of space should constitute one of the major
concerns of architectural theory was first articulated in the work of August
Schmarsow, and from Schmarsow's writings this notion came to dominate
twentieth-century modernist architecture. In this paper I analyze the
historiographical implications of this emphasis on spatial concerns by comparing
Schmarsow’s theoretical positions with Bruno Zevi’s historiographical work.
Schmarsow and Zevi are separated by half a century; while they lived and worked
within different cultural contexts, they both emphasized the notion of space and
theorized the implications of this emphasis for architecture and its historiography.
Their juxtaposition consequently enables wider discussions on the role of abstract
and embodied aspects of spatiality and how these aspects can be treated within the
field of architectural history.