Architecture, urban planning and Europe's transformation between 1648 and 1948
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Architecture
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The Schönbrunn Palace
The image is a copperplate engraving of the second design of the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna made by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlac around 1696. The Palace is a represensation of the use of space by absolute monarchy. Source of image: Domjour.su -
Neo-classical architecture
The image is an engraving from an unknwon artist of the Berlin State Opera around 1745. The building represented in the engraving is an example of neo-classical architecture during the 18th C. Source of image: Wikipedia -
The neo-gothic architecture
The image shows an engraving by T. Higham for the guidebook "Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey" (1823) by John Rutter. It's an engraving of Fonthill Abbey. The abbey is an example of the gothic revival in architecture starting in the 19th C. Source of image: Encyclopedia Britannica -
Baron Haussmann's renovation of Paris
The image shows a painting of Camille Pissaro, "" Boulevard Montmartre, Printemps " done in 1897 in Paris. The painting shows the new Parisian landscape after the renovation done by the Baron Haussmann between 1853 and 1870. Source of the image: Le monde des arts -
Garden city movement
The image shows a digram of the Garden city project. The diagram was made by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the United Kingdom and publised in his book Garden-city of To-morrow in 1898. Source of the image: Royal Institute of British Architects -
The Zeppelinfeld
The image shows a picture of a night event on September 6th, 1936 at the September Nazi Rally of 1936. The event is happening at the Zeppelinfeld, one of building built to host Nazi Rally in Nuremberg, Germany. This picture illustrates the impact of totaliterian regimes on landscape. Source of the image: National German Archives.
