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Chinese Palace at Oranienbaum, first palace commissioned by Russian empress Catherine the Great

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The Chinese Palace at Oranienbaum, an addition to Prince Alexander Menshikov’s estate at Oranienbaum, was the first palace commissioned by Russian empress Catherine the Great following her seizure of power from her husband. The palace was designed in the Rococo style by Italian architect Antonio Rinaldi and was constructed between 1762 and 1768. Rinaldi employed the finest craftsmen of the time to create luxuriously painted and gilded chinoiserie interiors. Unique features of the interior include the Beaded Salon, whose walls are covered in “bangle work” (thousands of tiny colored glass beads) arranged in complex images of floral and animal motifs. Unlike the majority of St. Petersburg’s country palaces that were destroyed during World War II, the Chinese Palace at Oranienbaum survived with its lavish interiors intact. The Chinese Palace at Oranienbaum, one of several buildings designed by Antonio Rinaldi for Russian nobility, is one of the most significant Russian Imperial historic sites and is among the few that did not lose their original lavish interiors built by the finest craftsmen demonstrating the skill of the workforce and the quality of materials that combined to be such showpieces of the Czar’s building campaigns. The building still has original moldings lining the interior walls and ceilings, decorative plaster, parquet marquetry floors, carvings, and paintings on plaster and canvas. These features represent exceptional Rococo European interior design. 

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   Die chinesische Palace in Oranienbaum, eine Ergänzung zu Prinz Alexander Menschikow Nachlass in Oranienbaum, war der erste Palast der russischen Kaiserin Katharina der Großen nach ihrer Machtergreifung von ihrem Mann in Auftrag gegeben. Der Palast wurde im Stil des Rokoko vom italienischen Architekten Antonio Rinaldi entworfen und wurde zwischen 1762 und 1768 die besten Handwerker Rinaldi der Zeit zu luxuriös bemalt und vergoldet Chinoiserie Innenräume zu schaffen konstruiert beschäftigt. Einzigartige Merkmale des Innenraums sind die Perlen Salon, dessen Wände in "Armreif Arbeit" (Tausende von winzigen farbigen Glasperlen) in komplexen Bildern von Blumen-und Tiermotiven angeordnet bedeckt. Anders als die Mehrheit des Landes Paläste von St. Petersburg, die im Zweiten Weltkrieg zerstört wurden, die chinesische Palace in Oranienbaum überlebte mit seinem großzügigen Innenräume intakt. Die chinesische Palace in Oranienbaum, eine von mehreren Gebäuden, die von Antonio Rinaldi für russische Adel entworfen, ist einer der bedeutendsten russischen kaiserlichen historischen Stätten und gehört zu den wenigen, die nicht verlieren nicht ihre ursprüngliche extravagante Innenausstattung von den besten Handwerkern Demonstration der Fähigkeiten des eingebauten die Belegschaft und die Qualität der Materialien, die zu solchen Prunkstücke Kampagnen des Zaren sein kombiniert. Das Gebäude hat noch original Formteile entlang der Innenwände und Decken, Dekorputz, Parkettböden Intarsien, Schnitzereien und Malereien auf Putz und Leinwand. Diese Funktionen stellen außergewöhnliche Rokoko Europäischen Raumgestaltung.































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Neues Palais Sanssouci royal park in Potsdam, Germany.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

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The New Palace or Neues Palais is a palace situated on the western side of the Sanssouci royal park in Potsdam, Germany. The building was begun in 1763, after the end of the Seven Years' War, under Frederick the Great and was completed in 1769. It is considered to be the last great Prussian baroque palace.While Frederician Rococo was established at Sanssouci, Frederick the Great had the New Palace built in varying forms of baroque architecture and decoration, with some deviations. The King preferred rococo and baroque to the classicism that was already taking hold of Europe at the time as the preference of many monarchs. Architect Johann Gottfried Büring, with the aid of Heinrich Ludwig Manger, was assigned with the task of planning the New Palace and had already demonstrated success with the completion of the Chinese Teahouse and the Picture Gallery in the Sanssouci royal park. After disagreements over the design of the palace, in 1764 the design of the palace was totally vested in the architect Carl von Gontard. The three-story façade had already begun to rise around unfinished interiors, as construction had steadily been underway. With 220 metre east and west façades, the centre portion of the palace was crowned with an enormous dome, at the top of which were placed the Three Graces supporting the Prussian royal crown. The dome is not only architectural, it provides an attic area under the supporting timbers which carry it. Additionally, the north and south auxiliary wings are crowned with domes surmounted by gilded eagles. Between the pilasters, what appears to be brick is actually a painted effect, leaving only the King’s south wing with exposed brick. Repointing the mortar of the joints proved to be an arduous and expensive task, therefore Frederick had the brick covered in stucco and painted in such a way that even tourists today are fooled by the deceptive finish. Over 400 sandstone statues and figures adorn the palace and auxiliary buildings, created by many notable sculptors, namely Johann Peter Benckert, Johann Matthias Gottlieb Heymüller, the brothers Johann David and Johann Lorenz Räntz and more.














































































































































































































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