Pfaueninsel, Berlin
著者
書誌事項
Pfaueninsel, Berlin
(Opus, 13)
Wasmuth, c1993
大学図書館所蔵 全3件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Includes bibliographical references
内容説明・目次
内容説明
It was not least because of the alchemist Johann Kunckel's erstwhile use of the island for his secret laboratory, that the Prussian monarch, Friedrich Wilhelm II -- who had strong leanings towards the occult -- decided to make the island a part of his Neuer Garten in 1793. From the very beginning, the island's appeal lay in its confined secluded nature. A small castle and a Gothic-style dairy were built on opposite shores, but in keeping with the spirit of Rousseau, the island's interior, which was covered with ancient oaks, was left as a wilderness. Frederick the Great's nephew created his Tahiti, his Cythera, as a counterpart to his uncle's carefree world of Sanssouci. The "Otaheite Cabinet" in the Castle, the "Roman Villa", is a telling example of how the imagination was sparked by comparisons between this island in the Havel River and the paradisiac islands of the South Sea.Linked to the genius loci of this woody island were two great preoccupations of the era: the healthy country life, as idealized by Virgil, and the apparent dreamworld of the recently discovered South Sea islands. This was all staged with a playful naivety and a sentimental evocation of the past through the ostensible ruins of constructions from bygone eras. In all likelihood the guiding hand here belonged to Grafin Lichtenau, the monarch's mistress and a woman with an innate sense of taste. Prompted in part by an old name for one of its meadows, peacocks were brought to the island, and it was named after them. The rich symbolism of peacock has been a part of our cultural history since the days of King Solomon and their exotic presence serves as a link between the natural conditions on the island and thecitations from antiquity, the Middle Ages and the New World that it contains.
During the reign of Friedrich Wilhelm III, Peter Joseph Lenne used the existing situation on the island as the point of departure for its further, consummately artististic development.
「Nielsen BookData」 より