Friedrich Wilhelm von Krause was a Berlin wine merchant, banker, and industrialist who died in 1877. His family tomb (for Wilhelm and his wife Flora) was designed by Friedrich Hitzig, who previously designed both Krause's palace on Leipziger Platz and the Berlin Stock Exchange.
The mosaics, designed by Karl Gottfried Pfannschmidt and Anton von Werner, were executed by Salviati and cover 500 square feet. Von Werner previously designed the monumental mosaics on the rotunda of the Berlin Victory Column.
Sources:
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 127.
Bedoire, Fredric. The Jewish Contribution to Modern Architecture: 1830-1930. Jersey City, NJ: KTAV Publishing House, Inc., 2004. 219.
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Showing posts with label Mausoleum. Show all posts
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Thursday, July 4, 2013
Monday, April 8, 2013
Poznanski Mausoleum, Lodz
Izrael Poznanski, a local textile magnate, donated 10.5 hectares of his own land to the city of Lodz in order to build a new Jewish cemetery in 1891 after the original "Old Cemetery" of 1811 proved to be too small. Since then, it has become the biggest Jewish cemetery in Europe.
Poznanski died in 1900 and along with his wife Eleanora, is entombed in this grand, open-air mausoleum resembling a Greek temple that was designed by architect Adolf Seligsohn of the Berlin firm Cremer and Wolffenstein. It was built 1903-05.
The oriental-style mosaics found in the dome were restored in 1993.
Sources:
Wikipedia
Wikipedia DA
A Virtual Tour of Jewish Lodz
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Jewish Community of Lodz
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Bedoire, Frederic. The Jewish Contribution to Modern Architecture: 1830-1930. Jersey City: KTAV Publishing, Inc., 2004. 404, 412.
Poznanski died in 1900 and along with his wife Eleanora, is entombed in this grand, open-air mausoleum resembling a Greek temple that was designed by architect Adolf Seligsohn of the Berlin firm Cremer and Wolffenstein. It was built 1903-05.
The oriental-style mosaics found in the dome were restored in 1993.
Sources:
Wikipedia
Wikipedia DA
A Virtual Tour of Jewish Lodz
Magic Madzik's flickr Photostream
ZzZachary's flicrk Photostream
Jewish Community of Lodz
Centrum Dialogu
Bedoire, Frederic. The Jewish Contribution to Modern Architecture: 1830-1930. Jersey City: KTAV Publishing, Inc., 2004. 404, 412.
Location:
Bracka 40, Łódź, Poland
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Mausoleum of the von Gans Family, Frankfurt
Built by industrialist and art collector Friedrich (Fritz) von Gans in 1909, this is the largest family mausoleum in the Central Frankfurt Cemetery. It was designed by Friedrich Christoph Hausmann based on the Tempietto found in the Church of S. Pietro in Montorio in Rome.
Salviati decorated the interior of the dome with a dark, mosaic night sky, including dozens of golden stars.
Sources:
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 136.
S. Ruehlow's flickr Photostream
Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedia von Gans
Wikipedia Hauptfriedhof
Salviati decorated the interior of the dome with a dark, mosaic night sky, including dozens of golden stars.
Sources:
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 136.
S. Ruehlow's flickr Photostream
Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedia von Gans
Wikipedia Hauptfriedhof
Location:
Hauptfriedhof, 60320 Frankfurt, Germany
Monday, January 21, 2013
Royal Frogmore Mausoleum
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were both buried in this private mausoleum located on the Frogmore Estate that adjoins Windsor Castle. Designed by Albert Jenkins Humbert and Ludwig Gruner soon after the Prince's December 1861 death, the Romanesque building was consecrated in December 1862.
The mausoleum's extensive interior decorations were not fully completed until 1871. However, the entrance portico's walls and ceiling of Salviati mosaics were finished by the mausoleum's consecration. With this project, Queen Victoria had given the firm the first of its numerous English commission.
According to a 1901 article, within the interior of the mausoleum "the pendentives of the lanterns are filled with pictures executed by Salviati in mosaic".
Sources:
Wikipedia
streetr's flickr Photostream
Thomas Moore London Connections
jbbullen.com
"The Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore." Press. LVIII, 10878. January 30, 1901. 7. found at the National Library of New Zealand.
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. New York: Antique Collectors’ Club Ltd., 2008. 16.
The Royal Collection
The mausoleum's extensive interior decorations were not fully completed until 1871. However, the entrance portico's walls and ceiling of Salviati mosaics were finished by the mausoleum's consecration. With this project, Queen Victoria had given the firm the first of its numerous English commission.
One of the six angels decorating the portico's walls.
According to a 1901 article, within the interior of the mausoleum "the pendentives of the lanterns are filled with pictures executed by Salviati in mosaic".
Sources:
Wikipedia
streetr's flickr Photostream
Thomas Moore London Connections
jbbullen.com
"The Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore." Press. LVIII, 10878. January 30, 1901. 7. found at the National Library of New Zealand.
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. New York: Antique Collectors’ Club Ltd., 2008. 16.
The Royal Collection
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