The House of Thurn und Taxis
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (635 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0847847144 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Lisa said Yes and no, as a picture book, fabulous.. The photos are glorious but there is no description or context with the photo. There are notes in the back of the book but not well detailed. The stories in the book are wonderful, which makes you want more. Visually the book is wonderful, but it misses with the lack of information regarding the individual rooms and objects.. Glorious Photos of a Beautiful Schloss With an Interesting History The House of Thurn und Taxis has been around a very long time. In 1650, Emperor Ferdinand II rewarded the Baron von Taxis for doing such a great job of setting up the postal service for the Holy Roman Empire (House of Habsburg). Since then, the family head is called the Prince of Thurn und Taxis.This book is about the German family seat since 1806, the Palace of St. E. Barton Maxwell said Three Stars. Disappointed with myself.I should have read the description better. Nice book not what I thought.
Complete with stately portraits and scenes of life at St. Adventure through the princely Thurn und Taxis estate, an enchanted palace where 1,000 years of history meets a thoroughly modern family. Celebrated photographer Todd Eberle captures the confluence of high art and grand architecture within the 500-room palace to reveal the curious tale of the Thurn und Taxis family. Emmeram, this monograph offers a glimpse into the world and glamour of one of the most important dynasties of the European aristocracy.. For 200 years the Thurn und Taxis family have called the palace of St. Emmeram home. Regarded as one of Germany’s finest examples of historicist architecture, the Regensburg residence’s myriad rooms trace centuries of distinctive styles: a Romanesque-Gothic cloister built between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries, a neo-Renaissance marble staircase, a number of Rococo and neo-Rococo staterooms, and a Baroque library frescoed in 1737
Sir John Richardson is a British art historian and Picasso biographer. Alexander Count von Schoenburg is a journalist and author. Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis is an author and writer for Vogue.. André Leon Talley is an author and contributing editor of Vogue. Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis is the matriarch of the princely house of the Thurn and Taxis
Emmeram, the family’s home for more than 200 years. That precarious balance of the ancient & modern is held in the hands of Gloria, Countess von Schoenburg-Glauchau, known in the 1980's as Princess TNTWith over 500 rooms & still a private residence, Schloss St. "While it's true there are explosive juxtapositions at the Regensberg Palace of St. Emmeran, there is a certain symmetry too. Emmeram, in southeastern Germany." -paddle8 . Emmeram so memorable is its glorious architecture, which includes examples of the Romanesque-Gothic, Rococo, and Baroque styles. But what many laud is Thurn und Taxis' contemporary art collection, which provides a striking-to-some contrast to the palace's regal architecture . The photos of the myriad rooms of St. Emmeran has been Gloria von Thurn und Taxis' life's workGloriou