Gloriette Schonnbrun Palace Vienna Austria
by Imran Ahmed
Title
Gloriette Schonnbrun Palace Vienna Austria
Artist
Imran Ahmed
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
A gloriette (from the 12th century French for "little glory") is a building in a garden erected on a site that is elevated with respect to the surroundings. The structural execution and shape can vary greatly, often in the form of a pavilion or tempietto, more or less open on the sides. The largest and probably most well-known gloriette is in the Sch�nbrunn Palace Garden in Vienna. Built in 1775 as the last building constructed in the garden according to the plans of Austrian imperial architect Johann Ferdinand Hetzendorf von Hohenberg as a "temple of renown" to serve as both a focal point and a lookout point for the garden, it was used as a dining hall and festival hall as well as a breakfast room for emperor Franz Joseph I. The dining hall, which was used up until the end of the monarchy, today has a caf� in it, and on the roof an observation platform overlooks Vienna. The Gloriette's decorative sculptures were made by the famous Salzburg sculptor Johann Baptist von Hagenauer. The Gloriette was destroyed in the Second World War, but had already been restored by 1947, and was restored again in 1995.
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July 16th, 2013
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Comments (6)
Chrisann Ellis
Imran, Your Work has been Featured On The Home Page of Weekly Fun For All Mediums...Congrats!!!
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Carl Rolfe
like how you composed your shot, its both balanced and unbalanced giving it a strong dynamics, great work v