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Mit ihren elf Museen bieten die Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden einen einmaligen themen- und epocheübergreifenden Reichtum an Kunstschätzen, der Besucher aus aller Welt anzieht. Das 2006 wiedereröffnete Historische Grüne Gewölbe ist schon für sich ein spektakuläres Kleinod, gefüllt mit Juwelen und Preziosen. Die Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister präsentiert Meisterwerke aus dem 16. bis 18. Jahrhundert, wie Raffaels weltberühmte Sixtinische Madonna, während zum Teil einzigartige Grafiken im Kupferstich-Kabinett zu sehen sind. Diese wie auch die anderen Museen, darunter Porzellan- und Skulpturensammlung, Rüstkammer und Kunstgewerbemuseum, verdanken sich im Kern dem Mäzenatentum August des Starken und seines Sohnes König August III. Heute ermöglichen sie eine Zeitreise von der Antike bis in die Gegenwart. Der opulente Bildband präsentiert zahlreiche Abbildungen der ganz besonderen Highlights der einzelnen Sammlungen sowie der historischen Gebäude, die diese beherbergen.

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The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, or Dresden State Art Collections, comprise the oldest, second-largest group of museums inGermany. The eleven museums united under this umbrella organization are among the most famous in the world, and they contain a wealth of unique art treasures that span a variety of themes and epochs, attracting visitors from around the globe. Augustus the Strong and his son, Augustus IIIboth electors of Saxony and kings of Poland during the eighteenth centurywere extraordinary connoisseurs of the arts, and their enthusiastic patronage had a lasting impact on the development of the collections which today are exhibited in world-famous buildings, such as the Zwinger, the Rezidenz, and the Albertinum. The year 2010 marks the 450th anniversary of the Dresden State Art Collections, and visitors are invited to travel through timefrom the days of antiquity to the present. This opulent volume features numerous illustrations of very special highlights from the individual collections and the historical buildings that house them. (German edition ISBN 978-3-7757-2458-6)

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The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, or Dresden State Art Collections, comprise the oldest, second-largest group of museums inGermany. The eleven museums united under this umbrella organization are among the most famous in the world, and they contain a wealth of unique art treasures that span a variety of themes and epochs, attracting visitors from around the globe. Augustus the Strong and his son, Augustus III both electors of Saxony and kings of Poland during the eighteenth century were extraordinary connoisseurs of the arts, and their enthusiastic patronage had a lasting impact on the development of the collections which today are exhibited in world-famous buildings, such as the Zwinger, the Rezidenz, and the Albertinum.
The year 2010 marks the 450th anniversary of the Dresden State Art Collections, and visitors are invited to travel through time from the days of antiquity to the present. This opulent volume features numerous illustrations of very special highlights from the individual collections and the historical buildings that house them. (German edition ISBN 978-3-7757-2458-6)

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