Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Altes Museum
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Accession Number:
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187453
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Order Title:
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Archivision Addition Module SEVEN--6,160 images
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Type of View:
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partialView
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View Title:
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Detail, central section of facade colonnade with granite basin in front
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Date of View:
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4/12/2009
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Image description:
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Originally, the 6.9 m (23 ft.) wide granite basin by Christian Gottlieb Cantian, which now rests in the Lustgarten directly in front of the museum, was to be installed directly under the rotunda's skylight, but it was judged too large to be moved into the museum.
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Addition Module SEVEN
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Culture:
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German
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Subject:
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Art museums
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Work Types:
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Architecture; cultural / educational buildings; museums; art museums (buildings)
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Preferred Title:
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Altes Museum
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Agent Display:
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Karl Friedrich Schinkel (German architect, 1781-1841)
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Date:
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1823-1830 (creation)
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Materials:
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stone; marble; fresco; brick
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Measurement:
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87 m (length, facade)
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Alternate Title:
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K¿nigliches Museum
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Locations:
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Altes Museum, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Location Type:
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(site)
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Style/Period:
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Neoclassical
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Style/Period:
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Nineteenth century
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Classification:
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Architecture
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