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Gottfried Semper (born Nov. 29, 1803, Hamburg—died May 15, 1879, Rome) architect and writer on art who was among the principal practitioners of the Neo-Renaissance style in Germany and Austria. Semper studied in Munich and Paris and from 1826 to 1830 travelled in Italy and Greece, studying classical architecture.

The Four Elements of Architecture is a book by the German architect Gottfried Semper. Published in 1851, it is an attempt to explain the origins of architecture through the lens of anthropology. The book divides architecture into four distinct elements: the hearth, the roof, the enclosure and the mound. [1]

Overview Gottfried Semper (1803—1879) Quick Reference (1803–79). Hamburg-born German architect. He is said to have studied his subject under von Gärtner in Munich (1825), though this is doubtful, but he definitely worked under Gau in Paris from 1826, where he became acquainted with Hittorff's theories of polychromy in Ancient Greek architecture.

During an adventurous life, the German architect, scholar, and political revolutionary Gottfried Semper (1803-79) experienced early fame, political exile from his homeland, international prominence, and the exhilaration of seeing European architecture transformed by his influential body of ideas.

Semper, Gottfried (1803–79). Hamburg-born German architect. He is said to have studied his subject under von Gärtner in Munich (1825), though this is doubtful, but he definitely worked under Gau in Paris from 1826, where he became acquainted with Hittorff's theories of polychromy in Ancient Greek architecture.

Preface by Adolf Max Vogt For the generation after Karl Frederich Schinkel, Gottfried Semper (1803-1879) was the most admired architect in Germany. His buildings, such as the opera houses in Dresden and two museums in Vienna, were outstanding examples of their kind.

Pro­fessor of Ar­chi­tec­ture at the Fed­eral Poly­tech­nic School. Gottfried Sem­per was born into a well- to-do fam­ily in Hamburg- Altona on 29 Novem­ber 1803. He stud­ied math­em­at­ics in Göttin­gen and en­rolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Mu­nich for an ar­chi­tec­ture de­gree in 1825.

Gottfried Semper was a German architect, art critic, and professor of architecture who designed and built the Semper Opera House in Dresden between 1838 and 1841. In 1849 he took part in the May Uprising in Dresden and was put on the government's wanted list.