INTERNATIONAL NEOCLASSICISM Karl Friedrich Schinkel – Germany –Prussian genius –All levels of building –Fused site and building –Master of illusionary effects Leo Von Klenze –Bavarian –Developed evolved versions of “Temple on High” and Propylaea gate

BERLIN SCHAUSPIELHAUS (NATIONAL THEATRE) 1819 Complex program –Theatre, concert halls, offices Style –Grecian neoclassicism –Greek revival and Michaelangelo –Through 19 th century functionalist eyes Site relationship –Building mirrors architectural program of two churches fronting on square

Berlin Schauspielhaus 1819

ALTES MUSEUM Shrine of cultural treasures –Siting and approach contribute –Faces royal palace with garden between Trees on both sides part for Berlin Cathedral Monumental image –Simple elements Model of planning and utility –Su,,etru amd axoa;out –Well lighted galleries along exterior walls with flexible spaces and panels perpendicular to window for glare

ALTES MUSEUM 1824

LATER WORK Utilitarian Works –Inspired by England’s factory buildings –Skeletons cast in historicist forms Library project 1853 Bauakademie 1836 –Looks forward to commercial buildings of later 19 th C. Picturesque Tendencies –Villas Charlottenhof, Potsdam

Schinkel Bauakademie Memorial

Charlottenhof 1826

Rundbogen

Walhalla 1831 Von Klenze

Propylaea Gate 1846

Ludwigstrasse