The list of personalities in Electorate of Saxony or Electorate of Saxony contains all people who brought about or influenced sustainable developments on the territory during the period of existence of the Electorate from 1356 to 1806. Personal work relates to the arts and culture, politics and administration, the military, business and research.
Around 1500 began a surge of cultural expansion across Europe that differentiated society in a sustainable manner. New forms in architecture, music, art, craft and fashion changed the European cultural landscape. As a result, new institutions were created by the royal courts in the Holy Roman Empire, which in turn had to be staffed. The Saxon Kurhaus was of decisive importance for the development of architecture and visual arts and the introduction of the Renaissance in Saxony. Despite the reformatory changes, the Saxon princes showed a sustained zeal in promoting the artistic sense, cultivating science and renewing religious life. The Saxon aristocracy was more influential in the development of Saxon cultural life than the civil activities, which nevertheless had a strong effect, especially in Leipzig.
* June 1531 in Nuremberg; † November 13, 1607 in Dresden
He worked in Dresden since 1558 and worked with Caspar Voigt von Wierandt, an experienced architect and master craftsman. In 1575 Buchner himself was appointed chief witness. From 1567 he was in charge of the expansion of the Dresden fortifications.
Due to the previous Renaissance era, there was already a strong foundation in the arts, culture, handicrafts and architecture in Saxony. These developments were also continued in the Baroque and significantly influenced by the Saxon Kurhaus. The cultural offer deepened and a growing cultural and artistic layer shaped and shaped Saxony in the baroque age.
Along with Vincenzo Albrici, he is considered to be one of the most important Italian masters in Germany during the Baroque period . From 1651 Perenda worked as an alto in the Dresden court orchestra.
Schoch was a Saxon writer and poet. Above all, Schoch left behind an important collection of baroque poetry, including 100 songs, 200 sonnets and 400 epigrams.
In 1659 Fink was appointed electoral court painter and in 1663, instead of Christian Schiebling, he was appointed “contrafactur and upper court painter”.
* January 24, 1614 in Leipzig; † February 1, 1678 ibid
was a Leipzig book printer and bookseller, he is considered the editor and printer of the first daily newspaper, the Incoming Newspapers .
Early education
In the late 17th and first half of the 18th centuries, Electoral Saxony achieved remarkable achievements in the scientific, intellectual, cultural and urban areas.
Scientists and Philosophers
Well-known scholars worked at the state universities of Leipzig and Wittenberg for their time, who contributed to the progress of science, especially in the fields of medicine and law.
Tschirnhaus was a German natural scientist (didactic, mathematician, mineralogist, philosopher, physicist, technician, volcanologist) at the beginning of the Age of Enlightenment. His technological innovations fertilized the further development of the Saxon manufactory.
He is considered the universal spirit of his time and was one of the most important philosophers of the late 17th and early 18th centuries as well as one of the most important thought leaders of the Enlightenment . Leibniz worked all over Europe but grew up in Leipzig and developed his scholarly interests there.
Spener was a German Lutheran theologian and one of the most famous exponents of Pietism . He was also the most important genealogist of the 17th century and the founder of scientific heraldry . Spener worked in Saxony from 1686–1691 during his time in Dresden.
Goldsmith, model maker at the Meissen porcelain factory
Musician
The music with the special care of Italian opera and ballet experienced a renewed heyday thanks to the court orchestra, in which increasingly competent and talented musicians were employed. Between 1733 and 1763 the late Baroque musical development reached its climax and end.
Silbermann is considered the most important central German organ builder of the baroque period . His instruments took on Alsatian influences in Saxon organ building and were already famous during his lifetime.
was an important poet of the German Enlightenment . With his dramas and his theoretical writings, which are primarily committed to the notion of tolerance , this enlightener has shown the further development of theater a significant path and has had a lasting impact on the public impact of literature . Lessing is the first German playwright whose work has been continuously performed in theaters to this day. Lessing's training and first artistic formation took place in Meißen, Leipzig and Wittenberg.
Neuber was an actress and co-founder of regular German drama. She founded a permanent theater in Leipzig.
classicism
Due to the military cuts of the Seven Years' War, well-known scholars and artists did not work in Saxony again until the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1780s. Overall, the quality could be maintained, but the number of outstanding workers in Saxony no longer came up to the previous era.
Bellotto was a Venetian painter who is known for his realistic vedute of European cities, especially Dresden , Vienna and Warsaw in addition to Italian cities .
was a German art theorist and collector, as well as an amateur engraver and diplomat in the Saxon service. His art theoretical considerations prepared the aesthetics of romanticism . He was director of the Dresden Art Academy and general director of the art collections and staged art exhibitions in Dresden every year.
The Swiss Graff was a Saxon court painter of classicism . With his conception of images, Graff was one of the most important portrait painters of his era.
was on course. & kgl. Polish secret. Registrar in Dresden. In 1755 he became a Saxon court architect , in 1764 a professor of architecture at the Dresden Art Academy and in 1776 an Oberland architect .
↑ It is unclear whether this is the date of birth or christening. Sh. Christel Hebig: Via Italy to the Saxon court . In: "Sächsische Zeitung", April 23, 2004, p. 10.
^ Günter Mühlpfordt: 1740, not 1741. On Bahrdt's year of birth . In: Gerhard Sauder and Christoph Weiß (eds.): Carl Friedrich Bahrdt (1740–1792) . Röhrig Verlag, St. Ingbert 1992, ISBN 978-3-924555-97-9 , pp.291-305 .
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