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"Text in English and German. Ludwig Persius (1803-1845) was a pupil of Karl Friedrich Schinkel and his closest assistant. Very little has been published about him to date. With the aim of providing an exhaustive documentation of all his work that is still in existence, the present volume now shows Persius architectural work in its current condition in 180 photographs, with numerous as yet unpublished exterior and interior photographs including also many detailed views. Persius architecture was moulded by the work of Schinkel. He was his site supervisor at the Hofgartnerhaus in Charlottenhof, adopting its style inspired by Italian domestic architecture for his numerous villas with towers, which are still characteristic features of the Potsdam cityscape. He was a master of the disposition of building volumes and of tying buildings into the landscape. About 50 buildings have survived, including early industrial structures. Persius work is to be found almost exclusively in Potsdam. King Friedrich Wilhelm IV appointed him to the post of an ""Architect to the King"", a title he shared only with Friedrich August Stuler.His best-known buildings are the Friedenskirche in Potsdam, the Heilandskirche in Sacrow and the so-called Mosque by the Havel bay in Potsdam, a steam-driven pump-house in the Moorish style for the fountains in the gardens of Sanssouci and an eminent example of the romantic and exotic transfiguration of a simple functional building."

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Author:   Hillert Ibbeken
Publisher:   Edition Axel Menges
Imprint:   Edition Axel Menges
Dimensions:   Width: 29.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 30.70cm
Weight:   1.847kg
ISBN:  

9783932565465

ISBN 10:   3932565460
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   20 January 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Language:   English & German

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Until his retirement Hillert Ibbeken was a professor of geology at the Freie Universität Berlin, but his lifelong occupation has been architectural photography.

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