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1707 In Architecture
The year 1707 in architecture involved some significant events. Events *Johann Dientzenhofer takes over building work on Banz Abbey, following the death of his brother Leonhard Dientzenhofer. Buildings and structures Buildings * In Istanbul, the Yeni Valide Mosque is begun (completed in 1710 in architecture, 1710). * The first Petrine Baroque building in Moscow, the Menshikov Tower (church), designed by Ivan Zarudny, is structurally complete. * The Kollegienkirche, Salzburg, designed by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, is dedicated. * In Paris, the Hôtel de Vendôme, designed for the Carthusians by Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond, is completed. * In Beijing, construction of the Old Summer Palace (圆明园, ''Yuánmíngyuán'', "Gardens of Perfect Brightness") begins. Births *Giuseppe Bonici, Maltese architect and military engineer (died 1779 in architecture, 1779) *Francesco Ottavio Magnocavalli, Italian architect (died 1789 in architecture, 1789) *Johann George Schmidt, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Dientzenhofer
Johann Dientzenhofer (25 May 1663 – 20 July 1726) was a builder and architect during the Baroque period in Germany. Johann was born in St. Margarethen near Rosenheim, Bavaria, a member of the famous Dientzenhofer family of German architects, who were among the leading builders in the Bohemian and German Baroque which included his brothers Georg Dientzenhofer (1643–1689), Wolfgang Dientzenhofer (1648–1706), Christoph Dientzenhofer (7 July 1655 – 20 June 1722) and Leonhard Dientzenhofer (1660–1707), Johann's son Justus Heinrich Dientzenhofer (1702–1744) and his nephew Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (1689–1751). Dientzenhofer died in Bamberg. Works * For the Prince-Abbot of Fulda: ** Fulda Cathedral (1704–1712) ** Fulda Stadtschloss (1707–1712) ** Schloss Bieberstein (Hesse) (1709) ** Schloss in Geisa * For the Prince-Bishop of Bamberg: ** Schloss Weißenstein by Pommersfelden (1711–1718) ** Schloss Reichmannsdorf (1714–1719) * For Others ** Bad Kissingen: Neue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond
Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond (1679 – 10 March 1719) was a French architect and garden designer who became the chief architect of Saint Petersburg in 1716. Career in France He was the son of Jean Le Blond, painter in ordinary to the king, a printseller on the Pont Saint-Michel, Paris, and his wife, Jeanne d'Eu. He studied architecture with his mother's brother Jean Girard, in the service of Philippe I, duc d'Orléans. Jacques-François Blondel implied that he had derived gardening expertise from André Le Nôtre, finding that Le Blond was :one of our Architects, who among us most knew how to profit from the precepts of the great Master... It must be agreed, however, that, in imitating them, it would be suitable to be provided with a certain intelligence Indeed, Le Blond was responsible for more than simply the engravings in Dezallier d'Argenville's seminal work on the principles of French formal garden design, ''La théorie et la pratique du jardinage'', 1709: according to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1707 Works
Seventeen or 17 may refer to: *17 (number), the natural number following 16 and preceding 18 * one of the years 17 BC, AD 17, 1917, 2017 Literature Magazines * ''Seventeen'' (American magazine), an American magazine * ''Seventeen'' (Japanese magazine), a Japanese magazine Novels * ''Seventeen'' (Tarkington novel), a 1916 novel by Booth Tarkington *''Seventeen'' (''Sebuntiin''), a 1961 novel by Kenzaburō Ōe * ''Seventeen'' (Serafin novel), a 2004 novel by Shan Serafin Stage and screen Film * ''Seventeen'' (1916 film), an American silent comedy film *''Number Seventeen'', a 1932 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock * ''Seventeen'' (1940 film), an American comedy film *''Eric Soya's '17''' (Danish: ''Sytten''), a 1965 Danish comedy film * ''Seventeen'' (1985 film), a documentary film * ''17 Again'' (film), a 2009 film whose working title was ''17'' * ''Seventeen'' (2019 film), a Spanish drama film Television * ''Seventeen'' (TV drama), a 1994 UK dramatic short starring Christi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1660 In Architecture
Buildings and structures Buildings * 1660 – Completion of ** Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque) in the Red Fort of Delhi. ** Teele Wali Masjid, Lucknow in the regin of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, Built in the supervision of Fidai Khan Koka. ** Tilya-Kori Madrasah in the Registan of Samarkand (begun in 1646). * 1661 – Work begins on Versailles, near Paris. * 1662 ** King Charles Court of the Greenwich Hospital in London, designed by John Webb. ** Pažaislis Monastery founded (completed in 1755). ** Coleshill House in the Vale of White Horse, England, designed by Roger Pratt, completed (begun in 1649). ** Groombridge Place in Kent, England, built Philip Packer for himself. * 1660-1663 – The arsenal of Civitavecchia designed by Gianlorenzo Bernini built * 1663–1665 – Kingston Lacy in Dorset and Horseheath Hall in Cambridgeshire, both in England and both designed by Roger Pratt, built. * 1664–1667 – Clarendon House in London, designed by Roger Pratt, built. * 1664 – Eltha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
November 26
Events Pre-1600 * 783 – The Asturian queen Adosinda is held at a monastery to prevent her king from retaking the throne from Mauregatus. *1161 – Battle of Caishi: A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval engagement with Jin dynasty ships on the Yangtze river during the Jin–Song Wars. * 1476 – Vlad the Impaler defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Báthory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time. 1601–1900 *1778 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui. *1789 – A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress. *1805 – Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. *1812 – The Battle of Berezina begins during Napoleon's retreat from Russia. *1852 – An earthquake as high as magnitude 8.8 rocks the Banda Sea, triggering a tsunami and killing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1774 In Architecture
The year 1774 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * Hammond-Harwood House in Annapolis, Maryland, designed by William Buckland is begun and largely completed before the architect's death, the only surviving example of American colonial architecture based on a design by Palladio. * Original construction of Château de Bénouville in Normandy, designed by Claude Nicolas Ledoux is completed. * Royal Crescent in Bath, England, designed by John Wood, the Younger is completed. * Dundas House in New Town, Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by William Chambers, is completed. * Gatcombe Park in Gloucestershire, England is completed (much later and after reconstruction the private country home of Anne, Princess Royal). * Clifton House, Belfast in the north of Ireland, a poorhouse designed by Mr Cooley, is opened. * Włodawa Synagogue in Poland is completed. * Basilica church of Santissima Annunziata Maggiore, Naples, designed by Luigi Van ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann George Schmidt
Johann George Schmidt or Johann Georg(e) Schmi(e)d (1707, Fürstenwalde bei Geising - 24 July 1774, Dresden) was a German architect of the Dresden Baroque. He was brother-in-law, student and successor of George Bähr. Work He became well known for his building, in the reconstruction of Dresden after the Seven Years' War. He designed Dresden's second Annenkirche, and cooperated with as designer of the Kreuzkirche and with to build the Dreikönigskirche. The new church at the Schloss Weesenstein Schloss Weesenstein is a '' Schloss'' located in , a small village, part of Müglitztal in the Müglitz river valley, around south of Dohna in Saxony, Germany. History A castle was erected here sometime around 1200, built with the purpose of def ... is also attributed to him. External links Sächsische biography {{DEFAULTSORT:Schmidt, Johann George 1707 births 1774 deaths 18th-century German architects People from Altenberg, Saxony Architects from Saxony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1789 In Architecture
The year 1789 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * The main block of the Grand Pump Room, Bath, England, is begun by Thomas Baldwin. * Cross Bath, in Bath, England, is rebuilt by Thomas Baldwin at about this date. * Buxton Crescent in Buxton, Derbyshire, England, designed by John Carr, is completed * New house at Newliston near Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by Robert Adam. * The Moscow Gostiny Dvor is designed by Giacomo Quarenghi, the favourite architect of Catherine the Great. * The rebuilt Prince Vladimir Church, Saint Petersburg, is completed to the designs of Ivan Starov. * All Saints' Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, designed by David Stevenson, is consecrated. * The First Methodist Church in Rhode Island is built, with a 160-foot spire. * The octagonal Old Stordal Church in Norway, designed by the late priest Ebbe Carsten Tønder, is built. * Congress Hall, Philadelphia, designed by Samuel Lewis, is completed as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Ottavio Magnocavalli
Francesco Ottavio Magnocavalli, also spelled Magnocavallo (1707–1789) was an Italian architect and writer. Born in Casale Monferrato to Ippolito, count of Varengo (today part of the ''commune'' of Gabiano) and the countess Veronica Pico Pastrona, he studied at a Jesuit college in Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, music, art, prosciutto (ham), cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 inhabitants, Parma is the second mos .... On his return to Casale he established himself as an essayist, dramatist and poet, before adopting the career for which he is best known, as an architect. He worked on a number of '' palazzi'' in Casale and designed churches throughout Monferrato. In 1738 he married Maria Felice, daughter of the count of Salmour. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1779 In Architecture
The year 1779 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * St Paul's Square, Birmingham, England. * South façade of Stowe House, England, completed in the neoclassical style based on a design by Robert Adam. * Robert Adam completes his remodelling of Kenwood House on Hampstead Heath, London. * New Church of Ireland Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford, designed by John Roberts, completed. * Fridericianum in Kassel (Hesse), designed by Simon Louis du Ry, completed. * Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans, designed by Claude Nicolas Ledoux, completed. * The Piece Hall in Halifax, West Yorkshire, opened 1 January 1779, Grade 1 listed Cloth Hall. Awards * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Guy de Gisors and Père François Jacques Lannoy. Births * April 10 – James Savage, English architect (died 1852) * July 8 – Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect (died 1851) * Edward Lapidge, English architect (died 1860) Deaths * Septe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Bonici
Giuseppe Bonici (1707–1779) was a Maltese architect and military engineer. He held the post of ''Capomastro delle Opere della Religione'' and was the principal architect of the Order of St. John from 1761 until his death. He designed several notable buildings; his masterpiece was the Customs House in Valletta. Biography Bonici began drawing architectural plans at a young age, and he was apprenticed to the Maltese architect Giovanni Barbara and later the French military engineer René Jacob de Tigné. He made plans for the St. Publius Parish Church in Floriana in 1734, which solidified his fame as a master of religious architecture. His masterpiece is the Customs House in Valletta, which he designed in 1774. Bonici mainly designed buildings in the Baroque style, even when the style was being superseded by neoclassical architecture in the rest of Europe. Bonici held a number of positions throughout his career, including a substitute engineer at the ''Commissari Domorum'', an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Summer Palace
The Old Summer Palace, also known as Yuanmingyuan () or Yuanmingyuan Park, originally called the Imperial Gardens (), and sometimes called the Winter Palace, was a complex of palaces and gardens in present-day Haidian District, Beijing, China. It is northwest of the walls of the former Imperial City section of Beijing. Widely perceived as the pinnacle work of Chinese imperial garden and palace design, the Old Summer Palace was known for its extensive collection of gardens, its building architecture and numerous art and historical treasures. Constructed throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries, the Old Summer Palace was the main imperial residence of Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty and his successors, and where they handled state affairs; the Forbidden City was used for formal ceremonies. It was reputed as the "Garden of Gardens" () in its heyday. During the Second Opium War, French and British troops captured the palace on 6 October 1860, looting and destroying the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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