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Julius Graebner
Julius Wilhelm Graebner (11 January 1858 - July 25, 1917) was a German architect. He had his main creative phase in the Dresden architecture firm Schilling & Graebner in the three decades from 1889 until his death. Life and work Born in Baden, he was the son of an undressed hosiery and first attended high school in Karlsruhe . Between 1876 and 1879 he then began studying architecture at the technical college there, which he had to interrupt due to military service and continued in Dresden at the Polytechnic in 1880 . There he met Rudolf Schilling , who would later become his partner in a joint architectural office. After completing his training, during which he worked particularly through his professors Josef Durm, Karl Weißbach and Ernst Giese was influenced, he went to Berlin in 1883 . There he worked in the offices of and Karl von Großheim, and Hans Grisebach and worked on various smaller projects. Back in Dresden, he teamed up with his former classmates Schilling in 1889 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strehlen Christuskirche Außenansicht
Strzelin (german: Strehlen, cz, Střelín) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland. It is located on the Oława river, a tributary of the Oder, about south of the region's capital Wrocław. It is part of the Wrocław metropolitan area. The town is the seat of Strzelin County and also of the smaller municipality (gmina) of Strzelin. It is known for its extensive granite quarries, and contains Europe's deepest granite quarry. It is 123 meters deep and covers 19.5 ha History The settlement dates back to the beginnings of the Polish state. In the 12th century the Romanesque St. Godehard's Rotunda was built. The town was mentioned in the 13th and 14th centuries by its Old Polish name of ''Strelin''. The name of the town derives from the Polish word ''strzała'', meaning "arrow". The town's coat of arms is an example of canting, as it depicts an arrow, alluding to the town's name. It was granted town rights in 1292 by Duke Bolko I the Strict of the Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau (; ) is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known by different names in different languages: in German, in Italian, in Catalan, and also known as the Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style), Modern Style in English. It was popular between 1890 and 1910 during the Belle Époque period, and was a reaction against the academic art, eclecticism and historicism of 19th century architecture and decoration. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and flowers. Other characteristics of Art Nouveau were a sense of dynamism and movement, often given by asymmetry or whiplash lines, and the use of modern materials, particularly iron, glass, ceramics and later concrete, to create unusual forms and larger open spaces.Sembach, Klaus-Jürgen, ''L'Art Nouveau'' (2013), pp. 8–30 One major objective of Art Nouveau was to break down the traditional distinction between fine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
