Friedrich Gilly CAAMEMBER Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

which was both the cradle of ancient civilization and the source of the linear alphabet

Rani Singh is senior research associate in the Department of Architecture and Contemporary Art at the Getty Research Institute as well as director of the Harry Smith Archives

The first was organized by the Getty Museum

Allan Kaprow

Friedrich Gilly CAAMEMBER Gian Lorenzo BerniniIntroduction by Fritz Neumeyer Translation by David Britt When Friedrich Gilly died in 1800 at the age of twenty eight, his architectural career spanned less than a decade and none of his major designs had been built. Nevertheless, his ideas so influenced Berlin architecture for the next century that today he is widely regarded as the founder of that city's modern architectural tradition. How did an individual achieve so much in so short a time? The