Main entry:

Welich, Dirk.

Title & Author:

The Zwinger : Dresden's famous festival building / Dirk Welich.

Publication:

Leipzig : Ed. Leipzig, 2008.

Description:

93 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

Notes:
"Schlösserland Sachsen."
Previously published in German under the title: Der Zwinger.
Includes bibliographical references.
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

Subject:

Pöppelmann, Matthäus Daniel, 1662-1736
Zwinger (Museum)
Castles Germany Dresden.
Museums Germany Dresden.
Musées Allemagne Dresde.
Buildings.
Castles.
Museums.
Dresden (Germany) Buildings, structures, etc.
Germany Dresden.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 259524
Call No.: BIB 190437
Status: Available