Archive for posts tagged with ‘Schinkel’


May 6 2011

Gothic Cathedral with Imperial Palace

German / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) / Romanticism - 1 year ago - troycapc

Gothic Cathedral with Imperial Palace

This is a reproduction of “Gotische Kirche auf einem Felsen am Meer” by Karl Friedrich Schinkel of 1815.  This is a fine example of the work of this leading architect of German neoclassicism.  He was thirty-four when he created this painting having earned his living for ten years as a painter in Berlin.  After viewing the work of Caspar David Friedrich he devoted himself to architecture and became a leading proponent of Greek Revivalism.  He died on October 9, 1841 in Berlin.  The original of this masterpiece is in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and is 140 cm wide and 94 cm high.

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Mar 7 2011

View of the Flower of Greece, 1836 by August Julius Ahiborn

Academician / German / Greco-Roman / Landscape / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

View of the Flower of Greece, 1836 by August Julius Ahiborn

This is a reproduction of “View of the Flower of Greece” of 1836 by August Julius Ahiborn.  This painting by Ahiborn is a copy of the original by Karl Friedrich Schinkel which has been lost.  This painting shows ancient Greek workmen constructing a temple capturing when the last block of its frieze is being heaved into place.    The Greek inscription quotes Aristotle’s hymn to the virtues of battle.  The original painting is 92.5 inches wide and 37 inches high.  This masterpiece is in the Alte Nationalgalerie, staatliche Museen zu Berlin.

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