Stanislaus von Moos
| Stanislaus von Moos | |
|---|---|
| Born |
23 July 1940 Lucerne, Switzerland |
| Occupation | Historian |
Stanislaus von Moos (born 23 July 1940) is a Swiss art historian and architectural theorist.[1]
Early life
Stanislaus von Moos was born in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Career
After a year of architectural studies of moss art history at Sigfried Giedion . After first teaching assignments in Harvard, Bern and New York, he became a professor at the Delft University of Technology in 1983, finally to the newly created Department of Modern and Contemporary Art in Zurich Sciences, where he taught until his retirement in the 2005th He then in Mendrisio, and currently teaches at Yale.
In 1971 he founded the still existing magazine " Archithese " . Since 1997 he was Visiting Professor Jean Labatut in Princeton.
Personal life
Stanislaus von Moos is married to sculptor of Irene Moss. His uncle was the Lucerne painter Max von Moos.
Bibliography
- Le Corbusier - elements of a synthesis, (1968)
- The American architect Robert Venturi
- Published essay collection on Swiss architecture and art in the 20th Century