Carl Philipp Christian von Gontard (13 January 1731 in Mannheim – 23 September 1791 in Breslau) was a German architect who worked primarily in Berlin, Potsdam, and Bayreuth in the style of late Baroque Classicism. Next to Knobelsdorff he was considered the most important architect of the era of Frederick the Great of Prussia.
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Carl Philipp Christian von Gontard (13 January 1731 in Mannheim – 23 September 1791 in Breslau) was a German architect who worked primarily in Berlin, Potsdam, and Bayreuth in the style of late Baroque Classicism. Next to Knobelsdorff he was considered the most important architect of the era of Frederick the Great of Prussia.
Carl Philipp Christian von Gontard (13 January 1731 in Mannheim – 23 September 1791 in Breslau) was a German architect who worked primarily in Berlin, Potsdam, and Bayreuth in the style of late Baroque Classicism. Next to Knobelsdorff he was considered the most important architect of the era of Frederick the Great of Prussia.
Beginning in 1790, Carl Gotthard Langhans was commissioned with designing the interior rooms. Marble fireplaces and antique sculpture were a prominent feature in decisions about the decorative furnishings; these had been purchased in Italy for the Marmorpalais by the architect Friedrich Wilhelm von Erdmannsdorff.
Carl von Gontard (January 13, 1731 in Mannheim – September 23, 1791 in Breslau) was a German architect; he worked primarily in Berlin, Potsdam, and Bayreuth. He modified the original Deutscher Dom and Französischer Dom cathedrals in Berlin and added the domed towers.
Carl Philipp Christian von Gontard war ein deutscher Architekt, der vor allem in Potsdam, Berlin und Bayreuth wirkte. Gontards Schaffen steht architekturhistorisch selbständig ohne Nachfolge zwischen dem palladianischen Rokoko Knobelsdorffs und dem Klassizismus des älteren und jüngeren Gilly und ihrer Schüler.
Carl von Gontard 1731 - 1791 Gontard was born in Mannheim/Baden-Württemberg. Until 1764, he was royal architect in the Hohenzollern's home-residence Bayreuth/Upper Franconia. In 1764, he started working for Frederick the Great. His most famous accomplishments in Potsdam are the Marble Palace and the New Palace.
In 1780 Friedrich's grandson, Friedrich the Great (1740-1786) commissioned Carl von Gontard to build two non-functional domes for the existing churches to offset the Comedy Theatre next to them. These were inspired by Christopher Wren's and Inigo Jones's domes on St Paul's Cathedral in London.
Carl Philipp Christian von Gontard (13 January 1731 in Mannheim – 23 September 1791 in Breslau) was a German architect who worked primarily in Berlin, Potsdam, and Bayreuth in the style of late Baroque Classicism. Next to Knobelsdorff he was considered the most important architect of the era of Frederick the Great of Prussia.
Carl Philipp Christian von Gontard was a German architect who worked primarily in Berlin, Potsdam, and Bayreuth in the style of late Baroque Classicism.
English: Carl von Gontard (born January 13, 1731 in Mannheim; died September 23, 1791 in Wrocław) was a German architect; he worked primarily in Berlin, Potsdam, and Bayreuth. Carl von Gontard. German architect (1731-1791) Upload media. Wikipedia. Name in native language. Carl von Gontard. Date of birth. 13 January 1731.
