The Splendor of Prussia (Museum Guides S.) [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

This volume shows 32 castles of the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg in dazzling photographs taken by the young Berlin photographer Leo Seidel, from the well-known Palaces Sanssouci and Charlottenburg to architectural treasures like Paretz Palace and Babelsberg Palace. Hans-Joachim Giersberg tells with his customary expertise of the former occupants and the architects, painters, sculptors, and decorators who were once active at the Prussian court.

The Photographer:Leo Seidel, born in Berlin in 1977, has worked as a freelance photographer since 2002, numerous publications in magazines like GEO and Die ZEIT, and book publications, by Prestel "Berlin - Colours of the Night" (2005).The Author:Hans-Joachim Giersberg, the long-time General Director of the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg, is an well-known expert of the Cultural History of Prussia.