{"product_id":"temple-of-night-at-schonau-architecture-music-and-theater-in-a-late-eighteenth-century-viennese-garden-memoirs-american-philosophical-society-vo-9780871692580","title":"Temple of Night at Schonau: Architecture, Music, and Theater in a Late Eighteenth-Century Viennese Garden, Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (Vo","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): John A. Rice\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: American Philosophical Society Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History - Baroque \u0026amp; Rococo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1796 \u0026amp; 1800 Baron Peter von Braun, a rich businessman \u0026amp; manager of Vienna's court theaters, transformed his estate at Schonau into an English-style landscape park. The most celebrated building was the Temple of Night, a domed rotunda accessible only through a meandering rockwork grotto. A life-size statue of the goddess Night on a chariot pulled by two horses presided over the Temple, while from the dome, came the sounds of a mechanical musical instrument. Only the ruins survive, \u0026amp; the Temple has received little scholarly attention. This book brings it back to life by assembling the descriptions of it by early 19th-cent. eyewitnesses. \"Will appeal to anyone interested in the history of garden design, arch., theater, \u0026amp; music.\" Illus.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"American Philosophical Society Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47613294674071,"sku":"9780871692580","price":5919.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780871692580.webp?v=1775084093","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/temple-of-night-at-schonau-architecture-music-and-theater-in-a-late-eighteenth-century-viennese-garden-memoirs-american-philosophical-society-vo-9780871692580","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}