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Title: Dekorationsdepot für die k.k. Hoftheater
Date (inclusive): 1873-1877
Number: 940054
Creator/Collector:
Hasenauer, Karl von, 1833-1894
Creator/Collector:
Semper, Gottfried, 1803-1879
Physical Description:
27.0 drawing(s)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: Drawings and plans by architects Gottfried Semper and Carl von Hasenauer for the Stage-set depot for the royal and imperial
court theaters, Vienna. Included are several designs for the main facade and drawings detailing technical aspects such as
roof trusses and pulleys. Most drawings are dated and signed by the architects; some drawings are signed by the engineers.
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Language: Collection material is in
German
Biographical / Historical Note
Gottfried Semper (1803-1879) was a German architect, critic, and teacher who designed the Dresden Opera House and contributed
to the re-design of the Ringstrasse in Vienna. His book,
Four Elements of Architecture (1851) remains a canonical text of the 19th century. He participated in some of the major architectural debates of his day,
including that surrounding the use of polychrome decoration in Ancient Greek buildings.
Carl Freiherr von Hasenauer (1833-1894 was an Austrian architect and key representative of the Historismus school. He was
a student of August Siccard von Siccardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll. With Semper, he designed the complex of buildings in
Vienna that include the Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Naturhistorisches Museum, the Burgtheater, and the Neue Hofburg, which
was completed in 1913.
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Gottfried Semper and Carl von Hasenauer, Dekorationsdepot für die k.k. Hoftheater, 1873-1877, Research Library, The Getty
Research Institute, Accession no. 940054.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa940054
Acquired in 1994.
Processed by J. Gibbs.
Scope and Content of Collection
Drawings and plans by architects Gottfried Semper and Carl von Hasenauer for the Stage-set depot for the royal and imperial
court theaters. Included are several designs for the main facade and drawings detailing technical aspects such as roof trusses
and pulleys. Most drawings are dated and signed by the architects; some drawings are signed by engineers.
Hasenauer, Karl von, 1833-1894
Semper, Gottfried, 1803-1879
Architects--Austria
Theater design--Austria--Vienna
Theaters--Designs and construction
Theaters--Designs and plans
Architectural drawings (visual works)
Design drawings
Technical drawings