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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
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Dresden--history, stage, gallery

Dresden--history, stage, gallery

Endell, Mary

Paperback

Art HistoryGerman HistoryNortheast

ISBN10: 9353705681
ISBN13: 9789353705688
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 1 2019
Pages: 246
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.56 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Dresden is not just a place; it is a performance of stone, music, and memory. Start here, before the crowds. In Dresden--history, stage, gallery, Mary Endell guides you through a city shaped by courtly ambition and artistic daring, where riverside vistas lead to palaces, playhouses, and rooms hung with masterpieces. Written as a travel guidebook with the authority of a cultural history reference, this classic works equally well for Dresden Germany travel and armchair discovery. Endell connects streets and skylines to the citys collections and cultural life, from museum and gallery tours to the traditions of German opera and theater. Expect a sharp eye for Dresden art galleries and the civic story behind them, alongside an informed sense of baroque architecture in Saxony and the long shadow of Saxon royal history. For art history students, it is a usable lens on how art, patronage, and public taste meet; for Europe trip planning, it reads like one of the most literary of central Europe city guides, alive to atmosphere as well as orientation. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for todays and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collectors item and a cultural treasure, ideal for travellers, culture-led readers, and classic-literature collectors who want Dresden in the mind as well as on the map.

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