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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. ... Read more
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. ... Read more
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 ... Read more
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