Doric Style ancient greece KUNSTHISTORICHE BILDERBOGEN German Architecture Prints
1880 Folio Engraving - Antique Architectural Print - German Text
NORDIC SCULPTURES
Wechselburg Priory, formerly Wechselburg Abbey (Kloster Wechselburg)
is a Benedictine monastery in Wechselburg in Saxony, dissolved in the
16th century. Dedo II of Wettin founded the monastery, dedicated in 1168.
Henry the Illustrious, Margrave of Meissen made a gift of it in 1278 to
the Teutonic Order. In 1543 the abbey with all its possessions came into
the hands of the territorial prince, Maurice, Elector of Saxony. It was
eventually dissolved in 1570.After the Thirty Years' War (1618-48) the
lords of Schönburg built a Baroque castle (Schloss Wechselburg) on
the foundations of the ruined abbey. The Romanesque basilica of the Holy
Cross remains as the parish church. It is famous for its huge and intricately
carved mediaeval rood screen
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INCLUDES - DOORWAY OF THE STRASSBURG CATHEDRAL, Doorway of the Church
of Our Lady; Frauenkirche in ESSLINGEN - STATUE IN THE CATHEDRAL OF BAMBERG
OF KONRAD III
Theodor Schreiber- 1848- 1912 Born Strehla an der Elbe, Saxony, Germany. Died in Leipzing (?), Germany . Schreiber studied at the University of Leipzig where he studied archaeology with Johannes Overbeck (q.v.) and philology with Friedrich Ritschl (1806-1876). In 1874 through a travel stipend from the DAI (Deutsche Archäologische Institut or German Archaeological Institute) he studied in Rome with Wilhelm Henzen (1816-1887) and Wolfgang Helbig (q.v.). He traveled to Greece and after particularly important study in Athens in 1876 he returned to Rome to catalog the Ludovisi family collection of classical sculpture. He completed this in 1880. In 1885 he became associate professor at Leipzig, adding the directorship of the museum in Leipzig the following year. Schreiber published widely on Hellenistic art topics. His Kunsthistorische Bilderbogen was an early study of polychromy in art. The work was produced by Seemann, Ernst Arthur. Kunsthistorische bilderbogen: für den Gebrauch bei akademischen und öffentlichen Vorlesungen, sowie beim Unterricht in der Geschichte und Geschmackslehre an Gymnasien, real- und höheren Töchterschulen zusammengestellt. 2 vols. Leipzig, E. A. Seemann, 1877-80.
Print originates from KUNSTHISTORICHE BILDERBOGEN
Published 1880
Publisher Verlag Von E.A. Seemann - Leipzig
Overall Size: 11 x 14 3/4 inches
CONDITION: Excellent engraving. Blank on reverse side. Light soiling.
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