Over Thousands of Years in a Single Neighborhood: Interacting of Baltic and German Peoples in Fine Arts and Architecture. German Architects in Latvia
Latvijas Vācu savienības izdevums 2013
Jānis Krastiņš

The monograph in extended format tells about one of the most significant Latvian cultural heritages over the centuries – the building art of German origin architects in Latvia. Latvian and German international cultural dialogue has shown in the context of architecture, positioning Latvia as a space for successful creative expression not only in the past, but also today. This book is a message also about interaction of history and culture, as well as about „the language of architecture” as a typical instrument of its creator used for expression its cultural uniqueness and national identity over a time. The monograph contains text in both German and Latvian languages


Keywords
Baltic germans, culure, architecture, history of Bartic Germans

Krastiņš, J. Over Thousands of Years in a Single Neighborhood: Interacting of Baltic and German Peoples in Fine Arts and Architecture. German Architects in Latvia. In: Deutsche Architekten in Lettland. J.Krastiņš, O.Spārītis, I.Lancmanis, J.Lejnieks, P.Blūms, J.Dripe, E.Upmanis ed. Rīga: Latvijas Vācu savienība, 2013. pp.26-37. ISBN 978-9984-49-671-9.

Publication language
German (de)
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