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Sanssouci Palace
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Michael Scherf
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Translated by:
Joan Clough
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2016
About this book
Sanssouci Palace, which Frederick the Great had built to his personal specifications, is one of the most important 18th-century royal palaces. Architect Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff finished the single-storey building in 1747 in only two years. Planned on the lines of a French pleasure castle, Sanssouci represents the pinnacle of Frederician Rococo. The statuary, the structure of the building itself and its site pay tribute to 'carefree leisure'. Beneath a striking dome is the famous oval Marble Hall, where Frederick the Great held his legendary round-table meetings with the intellectual elite of his day, sharing his many artistic and philosophical interests with guests such as Voltaire in an idyllic rural setting. Most of the 18th-century furnishings have survived to provide an authentic view of this place of cultural meetings, on which in large part rests the reputation of Frederick the Great as a monarch of the Enlightenment and major patron of the arts.
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Paperback published on:
December 14, 2015
Paperback ISBN:
9783422040366
Edition:
3rd edition
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
48
Other:
mit 32 farbigen und 2 schwarzweißen Abbildungen sowie 1 farbigen Lageplan und 1 Grundriss
Paperback ISBN:
9783422040366
Keywords for this book
Schlösser; Kunstgeschichte; Preußen; Potsdam; Gärten; Berlin; Architekturführer; Sanssouci; Geschichte; Reiseführer; Schloss; Brandenburg; Kunstführer
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