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Cedars, pines, fruit trees etc.



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Great Hall of the palace of the wealthy Fugger- family in Kirchheim an der Mindel, Bavaria. The hall is 30 m long, 12 m wide and 10 m high; the ceiling is carved of cedar wood from Lebanon, wood which is iimmune to vermin and insects. 1578-1585
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Great Hall of the palace of the wealthy Fugger- family in Kirchheim an der Mind...

Cedar-wood ceiling in Fugger-Castle, Kirchheim an der Mindel,Germany. The ceiling is 30 x 10 m large, the woodcarving 2 m deep. Carved by Wendel Dietrich, master carpenter in Augsburg. Cedar wood was chosen because it repels insects. 1578-1585
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Cedar-wood ceiling in Fugger-Castle, Kirchheim an der Mindel,Germany. The ceili...

Africa, detail of the ceiling fresco, staircase, Wuerzburg Episcopal Residence. Left:Arab merchants with bales of goods, right a black princess on a dromedary. 1753 For Wuerzburg see 14-02-0246-58, 14-01-04/21-43
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Africa, detail of the ceiling fresco, staircase, Wuerzburg Episcopal Resi...

Garden room (around 1770) with gilded stove in form of a tree, ornamental gate and a parrott.Empress Maria Theresia (reigned 1740-1780) used these rooms when the weather did not permit walks in Schoenbrunn gardens.
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Garden room (around 1770) with gilded stove in form of a tree, ornamental ga...

Fruit and flowering trees, garden and townscape in the background, stove with ornamental vase in the Garden Room (around 1770) of Schoenbrunn Palace. Empress Maria Theresia (reigned 1740-1780) used these rooms when the weather did not permit walks outside.
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Fruit and flowering trees, garden and townscape in the background, stove...

Sanssouci Palace, country seat of King Frederic II of Prussia. The "Voltaire-room" where the French philosopher lived during his stay with the king. Ornamental woodwork on the bright-yellow walls: fruit tree and birds.
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Sanssouci Palace, country seat of King Frederic II of Prussia. The "Voltair...

Tea Pavillion of the Roman Baths. Interior decoration and furniture by Schinkel. A square ottoman upholstered in printed cotton. Its limewood column carved with reliefs of Amazons and their captives. Top: ormolu epergne. Panels of painted trompe-l'oeil wallpaper.
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Tea Pavillion of the Roman Baths. Interior decoration and furniture by Schinke...

"Hundertwasser-House" in Kegelgasse, Vienna, 1986. Designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser, painter and architect, the apartment house sports trees ("tree-tenants")in windows and strips of grass on balconies and wide window sills. See 40-16-01/61-70
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"Hundertwasser-House" in Kegelgasse, Vienna, 1986. Designed by Friedensreic...

"Hundertwasser-House" in Kegelgasse, Vienna, 1986. Facade with nostalgic "memory" of the old house, which the new building replaced. Different colours delineate individual apartments. See 40-16-01/61-70
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"Hundertwasser-House" in Kegelgasse, Vienna, 1986. Facade with nostalgic "m...

Facade with outside staircase leading to grassy terrace on the roof. Different colours delineate individual apartments. "Hundertwasser-House", designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Kegelgasse, Vienna, 1986. See also 40-16-01/61-70
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Facade with outside staircase leading to grassy terrace on the roof. Dif...

"Tree-tenants" look out from windows and balconies in "Hundertwasser-House" in Vienna's Kegelgasse. Designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser, 1986.
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"Tree-tenants" look out from windows and balconies in "Hundertwasser-House"...

Dove with olive leaf, from the panel "Noah's Ark" of the Verdun Altar. Enamel plaque in champleve technique on gilded copper (begun 1181)
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Dove with olive leaf, from the panel "Noah's Ark" of the Verdun Altar....