Quadriga auf dem Brandenburger Tor zwischen Raub, Revolution und Frieden

Author

Krenzlin, Ulrike (Editor); Gärtner, Hannelore (Contributor); Einholz, Sibylle (Contributor)

Document type

Livre

Language

German

Source

ill. (some col.); bibliogr. ; 80 p. ; 1991

ISBN

3-345-00512-3

Publisher

Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin (deu)

Publication country

Germany

Abstract (en)

Historical study of the statue of the goddess of victory driving a chariot with four horses, atop the Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, by G. Schadow, ca.1793. Examines the allegorical significance of the work, its theft by Napoleonic armies in 1806 and return to Berlin from Paris in 1814, its restoration, 1918-1927, and reconstruction, 1956-1958, and its symbolic role during the process of German reunification, 1989-1990.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- Germany
• Schadow, Johann Gottfried, 1764-1850
• Sculpture
• Germany
• 1700-1800
• Brandenburger Tor||Berlin (DEU)
• Quadriga
• Commemorative monuments
• Booty
• Restoration
• Reunification (Germany: 1989-1990)
• France

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- Allemagne
• Schadow, Johann Gottfried, 1764-1850
• Sculpture
• Allemagne
• 1700-1800
• Brandenburger Tor||Berlin (DEU)
• Quadrige
• Monument commémoratif
• Butin
• Restauration
• Réunification (Allemagne: 1989-1990)
• France

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00347448

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