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Schinkel,Karl Friedrich

SCHINKEL,KARL FRIEDRICH

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Schloss Glienicke, "Grosse Neugierde", the "Great Curiosity". From this lookout, the royal family could watch the bridge across the Havel river and observe who was travelling to town. The circular pavilion is topped by a copy of the Lysicrates monument in Athens.
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Schloss Glienicke, "Grosse Neugierde", the "Great Curiosity". From this lo...

Schloss Glienicke, gardens. "Grosse Neugierde", a pavilion which looks out over the Havel river. Detail from the balustrade, cast iron, gilded.
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Schloss Glienicke, gardens. "Grosse Neugierde", a pavilion which looks o...

Babelsberg Palace, built 1834/1835 by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Inspired by Windsor Castle and other neogothic country seats in Great Britain.
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Babelsberg Palace, built 1834/1835 by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Inspired by Wi...

Gardenfront of Sanssouci Palace, Potsdam, Germany. The summer palace rises above terraces with vines and figs, planned by King Friedrich II of Prussia.
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Gardenfront of Sanssouci Palace, Potsdam, Germany. The summer palace rises...

The Library of Sanssouci Palace, Potsdam, 1745. Circular room with bookcases inlaid in the walls. Wainscot of cedar wood, floor of cedar and lindenwood, by J.H.Huelsmann. Gilded bronze ornaments and reliefs by D. Giese. Copy of a Roman Apollo-bust on console.
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The Library of Sanssouci Palace, Potsdam, 1745. Circular room with bookc...

The anteroom of Sanssouci Palace, Potsdam. Corinthian columns in stucco-marble, gilded capitals. Statue of God Mars by French sculptor L.S. Adam, a copy of the Ares Ludovisi from the Ludovisi Villa in Rome, a present of French King Louis XV.
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The anteroom of Sanssouci Palace, Potsdam. Corinthian columns in st...

Principal front of Neues Palais (New Palace), Potsdam. Last of the buildings to be erected in the Park of Sanssouci for King Friedrich II of Prussia, the Neues Palais, at the end of the 18th, evokes once more the pomp and circumstance of the great palaces of the 17th.
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Principal front of Neues Palais (New Palace), Potsdam. Last of the buildings to...

Principal front of Neues Palais (New Palace), Potsdam. Last of the buildings to be erected in the Park of Sanssouci for King Friedrich II of Prussia, the Neues Palais, at the end of the 18th, evoked once more the pomp and circumstance of the great palaces of the 17th.
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Principal front of Neues Palais (New Palace), Potsdam. Last of the buildings to...

Principal front of Neues Palais (New Palace), Potsdam. Last of the buildings to be erected in the Park of Sanssouci for King Friedrich II of Prussia, the Neues Palais, at the end of the 18th, evokes once more the pomp and circumstance of the great palaces of the 17th.
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Principal front of Neues Palais (New Palace), Potsdam. Last of the buildings to...

Ground-floor reception hall, "Cave-Hall" of the Neues Palais (New Palace) in the Park of Sanssouci. Wall decorations of shells, stones, stalactites, coral and white marble (1763-1770).
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Ground-floor reception hall, "Cave-Hall" of the Neues Palais (New Palace...

Niche in the ground-floor hall of Neues Palais, Park of Sanssouci. The "Cave-Hall" has decorations of shell, pebbles, coral, and stalactites (1763-1770).
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Niche in the ground-floor hall of Neues Palais, Park of Sanssouci. The "...

The entrance hall ("Cave-Hall") of Neues Palais (New Palace) in the gardens of Sanssouci. Wall decorations are made of shells, pebbles, coral, and stalactites (1763-1770).
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The entrance hall ("Cave-Hall") of Neues Palais (New Palace) in the gard...