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Hôtel De Ville, Mulhouse
The (, ''City Hall'') is a municipal building in Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, eastern France, standing on the Place de la Réunion. It was designated a ''monument historique'' by the French government in 1929. History The first town hall was erected on the current site in 1432, at which time Mulhouse was a free imperial city within the Holy Roman Empire. After Mulhouse broke away from the Holy Roman Empire to join the Old Swiss Confederacy in 1515, the building served as the seat of government of the Republic of Mulhouse. The building was destroyed by a major fire in January 1551. The council immediately set about commissioning a new building on the same site. It was designed and built by a mason from Basel, Michel Lynthumer, in the Northern Renaissance style, and was completed in 1553. The design initially involved a two-storey building facing west onto the City Square (now known as the Place de la Réunion). It featured a large forestair in a position slightly to the right of cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Renaissance
The Northern Renaissance was the Renaissance that occurred in Europe north of the Alps, developing later than the Italian Renaissance, and in most respects only beginning in the last years of the 15th century. It took different forms in the various countries involved, and the German Renaissance, German, French Renaissance, French, English Renaissance, English, Renaissance in the Low Countries, Low Countries and Polish Renaissance, Polish Renaissances often had different characteristics. Early Netherlandish painting, especially its later phases, is often classified as part of the Northern Renaissance. Rapidly expanding trade and commerce and a new class of rich merchant patrons in then Duchy of Burgundy, Burgundian cities like Bruges in the 15th century and Antwerp in the 16th increased cultural exchange between Italy and the Netherlands (terminology), Low Countries; however in art, and especially architecture, late Gothic art, Gothic influences remained present until the arrival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niche (architecture)
In architecture, a niche (Canadian English, CanE, or ) is a recess or cavity constructed in the thickness of a wall for the reception of decorative objects such as statues, busts, urns, and vases. In Classical architecture examples are an exedra or an apse that has been reduced in size, retaining the half-dome heading usual for an apse. In the first century B.C, there was no exact mention of niches, but rather a zotheca or small room. These rooms closely resemble alcoves similar to a niche but slightly larger. Different sizes and sculpture methods suggest the term niche was understood. Greeks and Romans especially, used niches for important family tombs. Etymology The word derives from the Latin (), via the French . The Italian ''Contrade of Siena#Nicchio (Seashell), nicchio'' () may also be involved in the origin of the word, as the traditional decoration for the top of a niche is a scallop shell, hence also the alternative term of semi-dome, "conch" for a semi-dome, usually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
