1704 Architecture - Schleissheim Palace (Paperback)

Chapters: Schleissheim Palace. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Schleissheim Palace (German: ) actually comprises three palaces in a grand baroque park in the village of Oberschleiheim near Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The palace was the summer residence of the rulers of Bavaria. New Palace Schleissheim West Side Old Palace Schleissheim Panorama East SideThe history of Schleissheim Palace started with a renaissance country house and hermitage founded by William V close to Dachau Palace. Under his son Maximilian I the buildings were extended between 1617 and 1623 by Heinrich Schn to the so-called Old Palace. The rooms were decorated by Peter Candid. Maximilian's son and successor Ferdinand Maria died here in 1679. After heaviest destruction in the Second World War the palace with its spacious economy buildings was reconstructed. The Old Schleissheim Palace houses today two exhibitions, one about religious culture, the other one about the history of Prussia. The Grand Hall in the middle of the main building today serves as foyer for the museums. Lustheim PalaceThen Enrico Zuccalli built Lustheim Palace as a garden villa in Italian style in 1684-1688 for Maximilian II Emanuel and his first wife, the Austrian princess Maria Antonia. The interior is dominated by the large banqueting hall in the middle of the building. The frescoes were done by Johann Anton Gumpp, Francesco Rosa and Johann Andreas Trubillio. Since 1968 the palace houses a grand collection of Meissen porcelain only outranged by the Zwinger. The palace once formed the centre point of a semicircle of round buildings. Two pavillons still exist: To the south of Lustheim Place the Renatus Chapel was erected in 1686 by Zuccalli in a pavillon. The northern pavillon houses the decorated st...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3171483