The Swiss Room and the Schlössli Flims (eBook)

Hans Rutishauser, Monica Bilfinger (Autoren)

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2025
52 Seiten
Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte (Verlag)
978-3-03797-851-1 (ISBN)

Infos

On the Lukmanier route to Italy in the Swiss Alps, in the village of Flims, stands the 17th century Schlössli, the former residence of the wealthy and influential Johann Gaudenz von Capol (1641–1723). With its stucco work by artists from Valle Mesolcina and Southern Germany, stoves from Winterthur and the Lake Constance region, a panelled parlour – possibly by a southern German master, and a panel from Eger, the building unites prevailing influences from allover Europe. The architectural monument is an excellent example of how open and internationally oriented the inhabitants were even1883, first to Berlin and later to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where it is still located and called ‹Swiss Room›, as wellas the conversion of the residential house into the town hall of Flims – also exemplifies a chapter of Swiss art and cultural history.

Inhalt

The Age of High Baroque

The houses of the Capol family in Flims

The Flims Schlössli
- Former buildings
- The new High Baroque building
- The garden
- The Schlössli from the outside
- The interiors
-- The ground floor
-- The piano nobile
-- The second floor
-- The attic
- The later owners

The Reiche Stube
- History of the sale
-- Reasons for sale
- Description
-- The door
-- The ceiling
- Installation, former use and furnishing
-- The tiled stove
- Iconography

Historical rooms or period rooms
- Period rooms in Switzerland and abroad

Appraisal
- Appendix

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.10.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Schlagworte: 17th century • Flims • Johann Gaudenz von Capol • Schlössli
• ISBN-10: 3-03797-851-1 / 3037978511
• ISBN-13: 978-3-03797-851-1 / 9783037978511