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OverviewText in German. There is a copious and wide-ranging body of literature on Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Germany's most important 19th-century architect. But there is not a single work that records and assembles material on buildings by Schinkel that are still standing today, one hundred and sixty years after his death, after two world wars and major political upheavals. This volume is intended to fill the gap by providing the fullest possible compilation. It is surprising how many buildings by Schinkel still exist. There are over 170 of them in 112 different places, 62 in Germany and 49 in Poland and Russia, with Berlin and Potsdam each counting as a single location. The picture is very varied as far as the individual buildings are concerned. The churches make up the greatest number: about 86 of them are still standing. Then come 34 museums, theatres, guardhouses, schools and similar buildings, 18 palaces, castles and manor houses, 12 memorials, 12 tombs, 6 interiors and 4 fonts. A glance at a map of the former state of Prussia shows clearly that the buildings are not distributed evenly. In the west, the Rhineland and Westphalia, there were and are relatively few buildings by Schinkel.There is a decided cluster, the first regional concentration, in the present Saxony-Anhalt, between Magdeburg and Weimar. Further to the east come major accumulations in Berlin and Potsdam, and then the Oderbruch in the east of Brandenburg as another cluster. There are also concentrations of buildings by Schinkel in the Posen area as well as in West and East Prussia. Pomerania and Silesia have far fewer. Heinz Schonemann provides an introductory essay about Schinkel in his day, Helmut Borsch-Supan has contributed accounts of the way in which Schinkel's legacy is being handled today. The catalogue texts are by Martina Abri, Elke Blauert, Eva Borsch-Supan, Bernd Evers, Hillert Ibbeken and Heinz Schonemann. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Hillert Ibbeken , Elke Blauert , Elke BlauertPublisher: Edition Axel Menges Imprint: Edition Axel Menges Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 28.80cm , Height: 3.90cm , Length: 30.90cm Weight: 2.917kg ISBN: 9783932565250ISBN 10: 3932565258 Pages: 383 Publication Date: 20 August 2002 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Language: German Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationHillert Ibbeken, who had the idea for this project, was professor of geology at the Freie Universitat Berlin until his retirement; he has been involved in architectural photography throughout his life, Elke Blauert is an art historian and works on the academic staff of the Kunstbibliothek in Berlin. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |