Das prächtige Rathaus der Stadt Augsburg
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About this book
Much research has been done on the famous series of engravings by veduta artist and engraver Salomon Kleiner, who was born in Augsburg in 1700 and died in Vienna in 1761. His series of copper engravings of Viennese vedute, Schönborn castles and Austrian monasteries are still widely known, reproduced in large numbers and firmly anchored in the collective memory.
In 1732, Jeremias Wolff's heirs published Das prächtige Rath Hauß der Stadt Augspurg, an edition of copper engravings with views, ground plans and elevations of the famous town hall in Augsburg and its magnificent, richly furnished interiors, created by Elias Holl (1573-1646) from 1615 onwards. Little known to researchers, Augsburg State and City Library holds the original drawings by Kleiner produced for this edition and presents them for the first time here in their original size and colours, with the same view from the 1732 prints on the opposite pages. The introductory and explanatory text explains the originals, describes the interior views in detail along with their important furnishings, and presents the paintings that have survived to the present day in colour illustrations. An historical documentation of the "best parlour of Augsburg" rediscovered - a minor sensation, even outside Augsburg!
With financial support from the Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung, the Dr. Eugen Liedl Stiftung, and the Stiftung Augsburger Wissenschaftsförderung.
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Karl-Georg Pfändtner is director of Augsburg State and Municipal Library since 2017. He completed his doctorate at the Institute of Art History at the LMU Munich, writing on 13th and 14th century psaltery illustrations in Bologna, and is deeply committed to the art of writing, books and illustration. He has supervised numerous exhibition, catalogue and other projects at home and abroad, e.g., Christmas Illuminated at the Museum of The Bible in Washington, D.C., or digitisation projects as curator and academic advisor, always adopting an innovative approach. He has published numerous books, essays, and encyclopaedia articles in several languages and is the editor of the three series issued by Augsburg State and Municipal Library, Cimeliensaal, Forum and Schatzkiste, among others.
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