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21%OFFAndre Leon Talley - The House of Thurn und Taxis - 9780847847143 - V9780847847143
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The House of Thurn und Taxis

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Description for The House of Thurn und Taxis Hardcover. Adventure through the princely Thurn und Taxis estate, an enchanted palace where 1,000 years of history meets a thoroughly modern family. Num Pages: 240 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 342 x 26. Weight in Grams: 2152.
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. 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. Complete with stately portraits and scenes of ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Skira Rizzoli
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780847847143
SKU
V9780847847143
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About Andre Leon Talley
Sir John Richardson is a British art historian and Picasso biographer. Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis is the matriarch of the princely house of the Thurn and Taxis. Andre Leon Talley is an author and contributing editor of Vogue. Alexander Count von Schoenburg is a journalist and author. Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis is an author and writer for ... Read more

Reviews for The House of Thurn und Taxis
While it's true there are explosive juxtapositions at the Regensberg Palace of St. Emmeran, there is a certain symmetry too. 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 TNT. . . With over 500 rooms & still a private residence, Schloss St. Emmeran has ... Read more

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