The Temple of Night at Schonau; architecture, music, and theater in a late eighteenth-century Viennese garden
Rice, John A.
Am. Philosophical Society
2006
257 pages
$70.00
Hardcover
Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge; v.258
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In the late 1700s, Baron Peter von Braun built a grotto and underground temple in the gardens of his estate at Schonau, in honor of the Greco-Roman goddess Night. By examining the ruins of the temple, as well as its design (by Johann Ferdinand Hetzendorf von Hohenberg), Rice, an independent scholar with a Ph.D. in music history, explores how it is a symbol of Viennese culture during this period. He discusses the construction of the temple in the context of Braun’s life, eyewitness accounts and related documents, the temple as a garden, the perception of night in eighteenth century culture, and the temple’s relationship to music, freemasonry, theater and opera, and as a Kunstgalerie (a multimedia-like structure). B&W photos and other illustrations are incorporated. The book is aimed at those interested in the history of garden design, architecture, theater, and music.
