From Baiae to Basel and Back – Plaster Surfaces, Struts, and Channels

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From Baiae to Basel and Back – Plaster Surfaces, Struts, and Channels. / Filser, Wolfgang Thomas Gerhard.

Amin El-Dib. On the fragility of being. red. / Rolf Sachsse. Ernst Wasmuth Verlag GmbH, 2019. s. 67-85.

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning

Harvard

Filser, WTG 2019, From Baiae to Basel and Back – Plaster Surfaces, Struts, and Channels. i R Sachsse (red.), Amin El-Dib. On the fragility of being. Ernst Wasmuth Verlag GmbH, s. 67-85.

APA

Filser, W. T. G. (2019). From Baiae to Basel and Back – Plaster Surfaces, Struts, and Channels. I R. Sachsse (red.), Amin El-Dib. On the fragility of being (s. 67-85). Ernst Wasmuth Verlag GmbH.

Vancouver

Filser WTG. From Baiae to Basel and Back – Plaster Surfaces, Struts, and Channels. I Sachsse R, red., Amin El-Dib. On the fragility of being. Ernst Wasmuth Verlag GmbH. 2019. s. 67-85

Author

Filser, Wolfgang Thomas Gerhard. / From Baiae to Basel and Back – Plaster Surfaces, Struts, and Channels. Amin El-Dib. On the fragility of being. red. / Rolf Sachsse. Ernst Wasmuth Verlag GmbH, 2019. s. 67-85

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