Architect: Hans Poelzig
Hans Poelzig: Decorating the Empty Centre
01.06.2021
Hans Poelzig: Decorating the Empty Centre01.06.2021
‘Artists such as Poelzig, prevented from building in real life, have been driven to create Expressionist cinema architecture […] But in the long run, pasteboard fantasy creations […] can never be satisfying fodder for the architect; he has an inner urge to conceive and erect buildings in which real people… Read More
Hans Poelzig: Der Golem
11.03.2021
Hans Poelzig: Der Golem11.03.2021
I gaze at the screen, engrossed in the German horror film Der Golem (originally released in 1915 and reworked for reissue in 1920), a masterpiece of performance art. This cinematographic journey is my latest odyssey into the work of Hans Poelzig. The film catalogues his lesser-known work in the art… Read More
Alternative Histories: dePaor on Hans Poelzig
09.02.2019
Alternative Histories: dePaor on Hans Poelzig09.02.2019
The drawing is thinking, the same mark used over and over, up and down, hurdling scales quickly, the pulled edge of the sheet mimics the line. There is one idea — on the right, closer up — a study after or rehearsal for the three-quarter view bleached out from the… Read More
Hans Hollein & Spiritual Expression in Architecture
22.09.2023
Hans Hollein & Spiritual Expression in Architecture22.09.2023
– C.M. Howell
The defining characteristics of modern architecture took shape against a host of disorientating shifts in the 19th century. On the theoretical side, the instantiation and development of aesthetics as an autonomous realm strained a sacred harmony between beauty, truth, and goodness. On the practical side, technological, social, and cultural advancements… Read More
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