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The Dream of a King: Dresden's Green Vault

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Dream of a King: Dresden's Green Vault
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Dirk Syndram
By (author) Claudia Brink
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:248
Category/GenreArt and design styles - Baroque
Precious metal and precious stones: artworks and design
ISBN/Barcode 9783777446011
ClassificationsDewey:708
Audience
General
Illustrations 150 illustrations, 144 in colour

Publishing Details

Publisher Hirmer Verlag
Imprint Hirmer Verlag
Publication Date 19 October 2011
Publication Country Germany

Description

Dresden's Green Vault (Grunes Gewoelbe) enjoys world renown as the largest collection of treasures in Europe and one of its richest. Although the private collections of the Electors of Saxony were begun in the 16th century, between 1723 and 1729 the Elector Augustus the Strong built a museum to house these treasures and opened them to the public unprecedented in the Baroque period.

Author Biography

Dirk Syndram is an art historian and director of the Green Vault in Dresden, where Claudia Brink is curator.