Document Type
Book Chapter
Date
2017
Keywords
Schloss Sanssouci, royal architecture, Fredrick II, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, 18th century
Language
English
Disciplines
Architectural History and Criticism | Architecture
Description/Abstract
This article is a general overview of Schloss Sanssouci, a summer palace of Fredrick II, King of Prussia. The architect, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, depended heavily upon Fredrick's idiosyncratic designs, giving Scholoss Sanssouci a unique character.
Recommended Citation
Bédard, Jean-François, "Schloss Sanssouci (1743-1745)" (2017). School of Architecture - All Scholarship. 246.
https://surface.syr.edu/arc/246
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Additional Information
In The Companions to the History of Architecture, Volume II, Eighteenth-Century Architecture. Caroline van Eck and Sigrid de Jong, eds. John Wiley & Sons.