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Chinese House (Potsdam)

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The Chinese House (German: Chinesisches Haus) is a garden pavilion in Sanssouci Park in Potsdam, Germany. [1]

24 relations: Academy of Arts, Berlin, Baroque, Blaise Nicholas Le Sueur, Buddhahood, Chinoiserie, Cupola, Dragon House, Emmanuel Héré de Corny, Frederick the Great, Hexagonal window, Johann Gottfried Büring, Johann Melchior Kambly, Lunéville, Nacre, Pagoda, Potsdam, Rococo, Sandstone, Sanssouci, Sanssouci Park, Seven Years' War, Stanisław Leszczyński, Stucco, Trefoil.

Academy of Arts, Berlin

The Academy of Arts (Akademie der Künste) is a state arts institution in Berlin, Germany.

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Baroque

The Baroque is a highly ornate and often extravagant style of architecture, art and music that flourished in Europe from the early 17th until the late 18th century.

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Blaise Nicholas Le Sueur

Blaise Nicholas Le Sueur, 1716–1783, German painter and engraver of allegorical and historical subjects.

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Buddhahood

In Buddhism, buddhahood (buddhatva; buddhatta or italic) is the condition or rank of a buddha "awakened one".

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Chinoiserie

Chinoiserie (loanword from French chinoiserie, from chinois, "Chinese") is the European interpretation and imitation of Chinese and East Asian artistic traditions, especially in the decorative arts, garden design, architecture, literature, theatre, and music.

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Cupola

In architecture, a cupola is a relatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building.

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Dragon House

Dragon House (German Drachenhaus) is a historical building in Potsdam, Germany, built by King Frederick the Great of Prussia on the southern slope of the Klausberg, which borders the northern edge of Sanssouci Park.

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Emmanuel Héré de Corny

Emmanuel Héré de Corny (12 October 1705 — 2 February 1763) was the court architect to Stanisław Leszczyński, Duke of Lorraine and former King of Poland at his capital of Nancy.

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Frederick the Great

Frederick II (Friedrich; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was King of Prussia from 1740 until 1786, the longest reign of any Hohenzollern king.

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Hexagonal window

Hexagonal window (also Melnikov's or honeycomb window) is a hexagon-shaped window, resembling a bee cell or crystal lattice of graphite.

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Johann Gottfried Büring

Johann Gottfried Büring (1723 in Berlin or Hamburg – after 1788) was a German master builder and architect of the late Baroque period.

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Johann Melchior Kambly

Johann Melchior Kambly (January 1718 – 12 April 1783) was a Swiss sculptor who took part in the development of the architectural style of Frederician Rococo.

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Lunéville

Lunéville (German, obsolete) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in France.

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Nacre

Nacre (also), also known as mother of pearl, is an organic-inorganic composite material produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer; it also makes up the outer coating of pearls.

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Pagoda

A pagoda is a tiered tower with multiple eaves, built in traditions originating as stupa in historic South Asia and further developed in East Asia or with respect to those traditions, common to Nepal, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka and other parts of Asia.

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Potsdam

Potsdam is the capital and largest city of the German federal state of Brandenburg.

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Rococo

Rococo, less commonly roccoco, or "Late Baroque", was an exuberantly decorative 18th-century European style which was the final expression of the baroque movement.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) mineral particles or rock fragments.

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Sanssouci

Sanssouci is the summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, in Potsdam, near Berlin.

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Sanssouci Park

Sanssouci Park is a large park surrounding Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam, Germany.

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Seven Years' War

The Seven Years' War was a global conflict fought between 1756 and 1763.

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Stanisław Leszczyński

Stanisław I Leszczyński (also Anglicized and Latinized as Stanislaus I, Stanislovas Leščinskis, Stanislas Leszczynski; 20 October 1677 – 23 February 1766) was King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Duke of Lorraine and a count of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Stucco

Stucco or render is a material made of aggregates, a binder and water.

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Trefoil

Trefoil (from Latin trifolium, "three-leaved plant") is a graphic form composed of the outline of three overlapping rings used in architecture and Christian symbolism.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_House_(Potsdam)

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