Hall of Mirrors
As Spiegelsaal or Mirrors are halls , as mirrors smaller rooms in locks referred whose primary decoration from the skillful arrangement of mirrors is.
The first mirror halls were set up from the baroque period . The production of mirror glass in larger dimensions was technically complex and expensive and was only technically realized at the beginning of the 18th century. Even now, large mirrors were still a luxury good and the mirror rooms were supposed to impress on the one hand by their sheer presence, on the other hand the infinite multiplication of motifs in the mirrors corresponded to the baroque desire for optical illusions. The mirrors should make the room look larger and reflect both the daylight and the light from the candlesticks and chandeliers for perfect illumination of the room. The mirror halls were often designed as ballrooms and the highlights in the sequence of rooms in the parade rooms of the castles. In contrast, showpieces such as porcelain or chinoiseries were exhibited and presented in the smaller mirror cabinets .
The most famous mirror gallery is the Versailles Hall of Mirrors . It was the model for many other halls of mirrors.
Examples
Other famous mirror halls and cabinets can be found in the
- Hôtel de Biron , in front of it Hôtel Peyrence de Moras , Cabinet Doré, in Paris
- Hôtel de Matignon Salon Doré, in Paris
- Hôtel de Toulouse , in front of it Hôtel de la Vrillière , Galerie Dorée, in Paris
- Hôtel de Villars Galerie, in Paris
- Hotel Kämp , in Helsinki , Finland
- Hôtel Lambert , Cabinet des Muses, in Paris
- Munich Residence , in Munich , Bavaria
- Amalienburg (Nymphenburg) , in Munich , Bavaria
- Palazzo Reale , in Genoa , Italy
- Bruchsal Castle , in Bruchsal , Baden-Wuerttemberg
- Charlottenburg Palace , in Berlin
- Donaueschingen Castle , in Donaueschingen , Baden-Wuerttemberg
- Esterhazy Palace , in Eisenstadt , Austria
- Herrenchiemsee Castle , in Chiemsee , Bavaria
- Koethen Castle , in Koethen , Saxony-Anhalt
- Peterhof Palace , in Saint Petersburg , Russia
- Schönbrunn Palace , in Vienna , Austria
- Weissenstein Castle , near Pommersfelden , Bavaria
- Wurzburg Residence , in Wurzburg , Bavaria
