Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to cast some light on differences in the view on architectural styles between Gottfried Semper and Konrad Fiedler, showing discontinuity appearing in their architectural theories that have been treated as continuous.
The following are the results of this study. There were some differences in Semper's and Fiedler's views on Roman architecture and Romanesque architecture. Their views on Renaissance architecture relate to those on Roman architecture and Romanesque architecture. These differences in their views on architectural styles were based on differences in their views on artistic possibility of the arch costruction.
