Giedion, Sigfried

Japanese: ギーディオン(英語表記)Giedion, Sigfried
Giedion, Sigfried
Born: April 14, 1893 in Lengnau
[Died] 9 April 1968, Zurich?
Swiss art and architectural historian. After studying engineering, he studied art history under H. Wölfflin at the University of Munich, receiving his doctorate in Spatbarocker und romantischer Klassizismus (1922). He served as secretary-general of the International Congress of Modern Architecture (CIAM) from its founding in 1928, and engaged in practical activities for the development of modern architecture and the improvement of the human environment. His book Space, Time and Architecture (1941), based on lectures he gave at Harvard University in 1938, caused a great sensation, and he stayed in the United States from 1941 to 1945 and wrote its companion volume, Mechanization Takes Command (1948). He later served as professor at universities in both Switzerland and the United States, and wrote the magnum opus The Eternal Present (Part 1: The Beginnings of Art, 1962; Part 2: The Beginnings of Architecture, 1964), based on a lecture he gave at the National Gallery of Art in Washington in 1957.

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Japanese:
[生]1893.4.14. レングナウ
[没]1968.4.9. チューリヒ?
スイスの美術史家,建築史家。工学を履修したのちミュンヘン大学の H.ウェルフリンのもとで美術史を学び,『後期バロックと浪漫的古典主義』 Spatbarocker und romantischer Klassizismus (1922) で学位を取得。 1928年の近代建築国際会議 CIAM設立当初から書記長を務め,近代建築の発展と人間環境改善のために実践的な活動を展開した。 1938年のハーバード大学での講義をもとに著した『空間・時間・建築』 Space,Time and Architecture (1941) は大きな反響を呼び,1941~45年滞米してその姉妹編『機械化の文化史:ものいわぬものの歴史』 Mechanization Takes Command (1948) を書く。その後はスイスとアメリカ合衆国の大学教授を兼任し,1957年のワシントンのナショナル・ギャラリーでの講義をもとに,大著『永遠の現在』 The Eternal Present (第1部『美術の起源』 The Beginnings of Art〈1962〉,第2部『建築の起源』 The Beginnings of Architecture〈1964〉) などを書いた。

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