Quote of Friedrich von Schelling - Architecture in general is frozen music....
Biography - Friedrich von Schelling:
German philosopher.
Born: 1775 - Died: 1854
Period:
19th century
18th century
Place of birth: Germany
Born: 1775 - Died: 1854
Period:
19th century
18th century
Place of birth: Germany
Architecture in general is frozen music.
Translation
(German, French)
See also...
Quotes about music:
Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.
Quotes about architecture:
Architecture is the great book of humanity, the principal expression of man in his different stages of development, either as a force or as an intelligence.
Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol, but every human thought has its page in that vast book.
The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.
Friedrich von Schelling also said...
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