The Dream of a King: Dresden's Green Vault - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 3777446017 ISBN 13: 9783777446011

Casa editrice: Hirmer Verlag, 2011

Riassunto

Boasting the largest collection of treasures in Europe, Dresden’s Green Vault is also among the continent’s oldest museums, founded in the early eighteenth century. Since its extensive restoration and reopening in 2006, it has attracted more than three million visitors who have come from around the world to admire the splendid architecture and opulent riches on display there. Packed with beautiful full-color illustrations, this magnificent volume highlights a selection of masterpieces from this important collection of Baroque and classical art, including the Golden Coffee Service, the Ivory Frigate, the Dresden Green Diamond, the Royal Household of the Grand Mogul, and many other fascinating objects made of gold, silver, gemstones, and other precious materials. For those with an interest in the Baroque or classical periods—or those who simply enjoy exceptional works of art—this book will be a great pleasure.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Dirk Syndram is an art historian and director of the Green Vault in Dresden, where Claudia Brink is curator.

Product Description:

Dresden's Green Vault (Grunes Gewolbe) enjoys world renown as the largest collection of treasures in Europe and one of its richest. Although the private collections of the Electors of Saxony were begun in the 16th century, between 1723 and 1729 the Elector Augustus the Strong built a museum to house these treasures and opened them to the public unprecedented in the Baroque period.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Hirmer Verlag
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 3777446017
• ISBN 13: 9783777446011
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 248
• Redattore: Syndram Dirk, Brink Claudia