Author(s)/Creator(s)

Jean-François Bédard

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.

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.

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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