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The Zwinger : Dresden's famous festival building
- Title
- The Zwinger : Dresden's famous festival building / Dirk Welich.
- Author
- Welich, Dirk.
- Publication
- Leipzig : Ed. Leipzig, 2008.
- Supplementary Content
- Inhaltsverzeichnis
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | NA7741.D7 W45 2008g | Off-site |
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- Description
- 93 pages : illustrations; 19 cm
- Alternative Title
- Dresden's famous festival building
- Subjects
- Note
- "Schlösserland Sachsen."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Ground-floor plan -- Useful information -- Introduction: an architectural invention ; The location -- History and use of the Zwinger: A potentate of the arts ; The beginnings as an orangery ; Displays of power in Baroque festival culture ; The right building for the right occasion ; The festival building ; The festivals ; The Zwinger as a Palais Royal des Sciences ; In the course of time -- The Zwinger architecture and its sculpted ornaments: The crown gate ; The long Gallery and the corner pavilions Rampart Pavilion and City Pavilion ; The colouring of the buildings ; The exemplary ideal ; The master builder: Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann ; The sculpture: Balthasar Permoser -- the imagery of the Zwinger: Staging the sovereign's power ; The holy union ; Elemental nature and strong sensuality ; Illusion and reality -- Notes -- Chronology -- Further readings -- Picture credits -- Map and addresses of the Saxon palaces.
- ISBN
- 9783361006379
- 3361006376
- OCLC
- ocn268957249
- 268957249
- SCSB-5416967
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries