附註:Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-267) and index.
Prolegomenon -- Introduction : Gottfried Semper, texts and interpretations -- The cult of origins -- The doctrine of imitation -- Semper and the poetics of architecture -- Semper and practical aesthetics -- The comparative method -- Towards a method of inventing -- Semper and the "style of our time" -- History and historicism -- Between poetics and practical aesthetics.