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Castles of the Weser Renaissance
Hillert Ibbeken
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Description for Castles of the Weser Renaissance
Hardcover. In the area along the Weser, there was a great deal of building activity between the Reformation and the Thirty Years War which was helped along by economic prosperity. This title offers a representative selection of the region's castles and palaces, dealing with both princely residences and seats of the nobility. Editor(s): Bischoff, Michael; Ibbeken, Hillert. Num Pages: 304 pages, 260 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; AMKL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 308 x 290 x 25. Weight in Grams: 2144.
Text in English & German. In the area along the Weser, there was a great deal of building activity between the Reformation and the Thirty Years War which was helped along by economic prosperity. Little affected later by war or modernisation, high quality Renaissance castles, aristocratic estates, town halls and civic architecture have survived here in exceptional density. This facet of Central European Renaissance architecture started to be appreciated in the early 20th century. This led to the concept of the Weser Renaissance, oriented above all towards formal and regional history, and still popular today, like a kind of brand. The present volume offers a representative selection of the region's castles and palaces for the first time, dealing with both princely residences and seats of the nobility. Architecture and court culture are placed in a European context that goes beyond older approaches based on the stylistic history and shows that forms demonstrating princely prestige have qualities in common well outside the region. Michael Bischoff's introductory text provides an overview of Renaissance architecture in the Weser area. Uwe Albrecht and Julian Jachmann explain the terminology and function of princely architecture. Heiner Borggrefe analyses early Renaissance architectural ornamentation, G Ulrich Großmann covers the topic after the mid-16th century. Thomas Fusenig writes on the arts and sciences at the courts. Rolf Schönlau discusses aspects of building materials in terms of economic history. Hillert Ibbeken deals with the sandstone that is most frequently used from a geological point of view. The descriptive catalogue is by Katja Schoene and Michael Bischoff.
Product Details
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Fellbach, Germany
ISBN
9783936681239
SKU
V9783936681239
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About Hillert Ibbeken
Michael Bischoff works as an art historian at the Weserrenaissance-Museum at Schloß Brake in Lemgo. Hillert Ibbeken was professor at the Free University of Berlin. Until his retirement Hillert Ibbeken was a professor of geology at the Freie Universität Berlin, but his lifelong occupation has been architectural photography. 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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