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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Berlin, Berlin (state), Germanyen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1788-1791 (creation); 2000-2002 (restoration)en_US
dc.creatorLanghans, Carl Gottharden_US
dc.creatorSchadow, Johann Gottfrieden_US
dc.date1788-1791en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-23T18:21:41Z
dc.date.available2013-12-23T18:21:41Z
dc.date.issued1788-1791en_US
dc.identifier243398en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2715en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/151926
dc.descriptionDetail, statue in niche at base of central gate; In 1787 Langhans moved to Berlin to assume the post of Director of the Royal Office of Buildings under Frederick William II, King of Prussia. His most famous work in the city is the Brandenburger Tor. Berlin’s first Greek Revival building, it is based on the Propylaea in Athens. It replaced a modest Baroque structure of 1734 and is the culmination of the progressively classicizing trend in Langhans’s architectural style. Langhans never visited Greece, and derived his knowledge of the Propylaea from J.-D. Le Roy, Ruines de plus beaux monuments de la Grèce (Paris, 1758). Atop the gate is the bronze Quadriga, a chariot drawn by four horses driven by Victoria, the Roman goddess of victory (originally Eirene goddess of peace), sculpted by Johann Gottfried Schadow. The Iron Cross was added after the Quadriga was returned to Berlin after having been plundered by Napoleon; ironically Napoleon had been the first to use the gate for a triumphal procession. The Gate was damaged in WWII and restored 2000-2002. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 7/10/2013)en_US
dc.format.mediumstone; bronzeen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectrulers and leadersen_US
dc.subjectNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815en_US
dc.subjectquadrigaen_US
dc.subjectrevival stylesen_US
dc.subjectEighteenth centuryen_US
dc.subjectNeoclassicalen_US
dc.subjectGreek Revivalen_US
dc.titleBrandenburg Gateen_US
dc.title.alternativeBrandenburger Toren_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-G-B-BG-A27en_US
vra.culturalContextGermanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypetriumphal arch (memorial arch)en_US
vra.worktypesculpture (visual work)en_US
dc.contributor.displayCarl Gotthard Langhans (German architect, 1732-1808); Johann Gottfried Schadow (German sculptor, 1764-1850)en_US


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