Delft, city of art

Herman Rosse’s restoration plan for the seven-centuriesold Prinsenstad

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Abstract

In 1932, Herman Rosse (1887-1965) was appointed professor at the decorative
arts department of Delft University of Technology. For most of his career, Rosse
worked in the United States, and was successful as, among other things, a set
designer for theatre and film. His professorship in Delft, from 1932 to 1948, was
an intermezzo to his design career. In the field of education, his contribution was
hardly remarkable; Rosse seems to have focused his creative energy on other
matters, such as theatre set design...