Occupation: Architect Birth: March 13, 1781 Death: October 9, 1841
Schinkel's aesthetic was not a crudely materialistic "truth to material" affair... but rather an attempt to inform iron and other industrial material….
Schinkel was not arbitrary in his use of historical modes but rather eclectic in the best sense of the word. He could search the past for its conspic….
Indifference to the fine arts comes close to barbarism..