Palate of the View-point (Vienna)
The Palais of the View-point is one of the more large palaces Baroque S of Vienna, carried out by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt of 1714 with 1723, for the Prince Eugene (Eugene of Savoy-Carignan).
It is a typical view-point, the elevated part surmounting the park being called higher Belvédère , the lower Belvédère , facing him, being in particular made up of a Orangerie and stable S. It lodges a Musée today, and in particular the collection Gustav Klimt, considered by much as being most interesting of the palate.
Their decoration develop esoteric allusions. The garden low evokes the Four elements, that medium the Parnassus (the mountain of the Muses) and the most stay of the gods, Olympe.
To the top of the gardens, the higher View-point presents an extremely elaborate frontage, print of Eastern influences. Built to be used as framework with the dazzling festivals organized by its owner, it had, more still than the lower View-point, to testify to the size of prince Eugène.Outre the sumptuousness of his vault, of the hall of the telamones or of the big room of Marble, her visit makes it possible to discover the treasures of the Austrian art gallery of XIXe and 20th centuries.
The lower View-point is the place where lived prince Eugene of Savoy shelter today the museum of Austrian Baroque art. Its collections gather works of the artists who worked Vienna at his golden age.
The palate is at the border of the third and fourth districts of the city
Works
Among many remarkable works of the museum, one can quote some of the collection Turning of the Century and Sécession Viennese:- Giovanni Segantini : Die bösen Mütter (1894)
- Gustav Klimt: the Kiss (1907);
- Gustav Klimt : Judith I (1901);
- Egon Schiele : Der Rainerbub (1910)
- Oskar Kokoschka: Bildnis of Malers Karl Moll (1913)
- Koloman Moser: Self-portrait (1916)
External bonds
- Seen satellite of the View-point on WikiMapia
- Official site of the museum