Schinkel had trained as an architect but turned his hand to theater set design and painting during the time of Napoleonic domination. After Napoleon's defeat in 1815 he was appointed the state architect of Prussia and was responsible for much of the redevelopment of Berlin city center.[2]
Medieval City on a River depicts an imaginary German landscape in which the sunlit gothic cathedral, framed by the rainbow, is the dominating feature, to which a procession of people dressed in medieval costume are making their way. Schinkel appears to be confirming the fundamental status of the Church as a vital institution in a resurgent Prussia after the years of oppression.
medieval, city, river, schinkel, medieval, city, river, 1815, canvas, painting, prussian, architect, artist, karl, friedrich, schinkel, which, collection, alte, nationalgalerie, berlin, medieval, city, rivergerman, mittelalterliche, stadt, flussartistkarl, fri. Medieval City on a River is an 1815 oil on canvas painting by the Prussian architect and artist Karl Friedrich Schinkel which is now in the collection of the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin 1 Medieval City on a RiverGerman Mittelalterliche Stadt am FlussArtistKarl Friedrich SchinkelYear1815Mediumoil on canvasDimensions90 cm 140 cm 35 in 55 in LocationAlte Nationalgalerie BerlinSchinkel had trained as an architect but turned his hand to theater set design and painting during the time of Napoleonic domination After Napoleon s defeat in 1815 he was appointed the state architect of Prussia and was responsible for much of the redevelopment of Berlin city center 2 Medieval City on a River depicts an imaginary German landscape in which the sunlit gothic cathedral framed by the rainbow is the dominating feature to which a procession of people dressed in medieval costume are making their way Schinkel appears to be confirming the fundamental status of the Church as a vital institution in a resurgent Prussia after the years of oppression See also edit100 Great PaintingsReferences edit Mittelalterliche Stadt an einem Fluss Bild amp Pendant Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Retrieved 10 July 2020 Facos Michelle An Introduction to Ninetenth Century Art p 105 nbsp This article about a nineteenth century painting is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Medieval City on a River Schinkel amp oldid 1160865706, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
