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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germanyen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1745-1747 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorKnobelsdorff, Georg Wenceslaus vonen_US
dc.date1745-1747en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-23T17:47:20Z
dc.date.available2016-08-23T17:47:20Z
dc.date.issued1745-1747en_US
dc.identifier267520en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 3350en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/183877
dc.descriptionSouthern facade seen looking north from the steps of one of the lower garden terraces (132 steps total); The former summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. Sanssouci is little more than a large, single-story villa, modeled on the Grand Trianon at Versailles. Containing just ten principal rooms, arranged "enfilade", it was built on the brow of a five-terraced hill with vineyards at the center of the park, which has numerous follies and "temples". Knobelsdorff followed ground-plan sketches provided by Frederick. On the northern side of the building colonnades surround a forecourt and frame the view of the Höhneberg hillside opposite, with classical ruins designed by Knobelsdorff in 1748. He was also involved in the interior decoration. At the same time he planned the park (1746-1748) of the palace; it remains unchanged in its basic layout. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 8/26/2015)en_US
dc.format.mediumsandstone; stucco; stone; bricken_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectrulers and leadersen_US
dc.subjectFrederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786en_US
dc.subjectHohenzollern dynastyen_US
dc.subjectRococoen_US
dc.subjectEighteenth centuryen_US
dc.titleSanssouci Palaceen_US
dc.title.alternativeSchloss Sanssoucien_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode2A2-G-P-SPG-A02en_US
vra.culturalContextGermanen_US
vra.techniquecarving (processes), construction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktyperoyal palaceen_US
dc.contributor.displayGeorg Wenceslaus von Knobelsdorff (German architect, 1699-1753)en_US


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