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Leo von Klenze (Franz Karl Leopold von Klenze, February 29 1784 - January 27 1864) was a German neoclassicist
Neoclassicism

Neoclassicism is the name given to quite distinct Cultural movement in the Decorative art and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw upon Western classical art and culture ....
 architect
Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
, painter
Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . In art, the term describes both the act and the result, which is called a painting....
 and writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
. Court architect of Bavarian King Ludwig I
Ludwig I of Bavaria

Ludwig I was king of Bavaria from 1825 until the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states....
, Leo von Klenze was one of the most prominent representatives of Greek revival style.

Von Klenze studied architecture in Berlin and Paris. Between 1808 and 1813 he was a court architect of Jérôme Bonaparte
Jérôme Bonaparte

J?r?me-Napol?on Bonaparte, French Prince, King of Westphalia, 1st Prince of Montfort of Vorarlberg was the youngest brother of Napoleon I of France, who made him king of Kingdom of Westphalia ....
, King of Westphalia
Westphalia

Westphalia is a region in Germany, centred on the cities of Bielefeld, Bochum, Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, M?nster, and Osnabr?ck and included in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony....
. Later he moved to Bavaria
Bavaria

Bavaria , with an area of and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, is a region located in the southeast of Germany and is the largest States of Germany of Germany by area....
 and in 1816 began to work as court architect of Ludwig I
Ludwig I of Bavaria

Ludwig I was king of Bavaria from 1825 until the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states....
.






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Leo von Klenze (Franz Karl Leopold von Klenze, February 29 1784 - January 27 1864) was a German neoclassicist
Neoclassicism

Neoclassicism is the name given to quite distinct Cultural movement in the Decorative art and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw upon Western classical art and culture ....
 architect
Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
, painter
Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . In art, the term describes both the act and the result, which is called a painting....
 and writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
. Court architect of Bavarian King Ludwig I
Ludwig I of Bavaria

Ludwig I was king of Bavaria from 1825 until the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states....
, Leo von Klenze was one of the most prominent representatives of Greek revival style.

Von Klenze studied architecture in Berlin and Paris. Between 1808 and 1813 he was a court architect of Jérôme Bonaparte
Jérôme Bonaparte

J?r?me-Napol?on Bonaparte, French Prince, King of Westphalia, 1st Prince of Montfort of Vorarlberg was the youngest brother of Napoleon I of France, who made him king of Kingdom of Westphalia ....
, King of Westphalia
Westphalia

Westphalia is a region in Germany, centred on the cities of Bielefeld, Bochum, Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, M?nster, and Osnabr?ck and included in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony....
. Later he moved to Bavaria
Bavaria

Bavaria , with an area of and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, is a region located in the southeast of Germany and is the largest States of Germany of Germany by area....
 and in 1816 began to work as court architect of Ludwig I
Ludwig I of Bavaria

Ludwig I was king of Bavaria from 1825 until the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states....
. The King's passion for Hellenism
Hellenism (neoclassicism)

Hellenism, as a neoclassical movement distinct from other Roman or Greco-Roman forms of neoclassicism emerging after the European Renaissance, is most often associated with Germany and England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries....
 shaped the architectural style of von Klenze. He built many neoclassical buildings in Munich
Munich

Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
, including the Ruhmeshalle and Monopteros temple
Englischer Garten (Munich)

The Englischer Garten or "English Garden" is a large public park in the centre of Munich, Germany, stretching from the city centre to the northeastern city limits....
. On Königsplatz
Königsplatz

The K?nigsplatz is a square at Munich, Germany.The square was designed with the creation of the Brienner Stra?e at the command of Crown Prince Ludwig I of Bavaria by Karl von Fischer and laid out by Leo von Klenze....
 he designed probably the best known modern Hellenistic architectural ensemble. Near Regensburg
Regensburg

Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen River rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube....
 he built the Walhalla temple
Walhalla temple

The Walhalla Hall of Fame and Honor is a neo-classicism hall of fame located on the Danube River 10 km east of Regensburg, in Bavaria, Germany....
, named after Valhalla
Valhalla

In Norse mythology, Valhalla is a majestic, enormous hall located in Asgard, ruled over by the god Odin. Chosen by Odin, half of those that die in combat travel to Valhalla upon death, led by valkyries, while the other half go to the goddess Freyja's field F?lkvangr....
, the home of gods in Norse mythology
Norse mythology

Norse, Viking or Scandinavian mythology comprises the beliefs, myths and legends of the Norse paganism of the North Germanic language people, including those who settled on Faroe Islands and Iceland, where most of the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled....
.
Munich Bavaria
When Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
 won its independence, Ludwig I's son Otto
Otto of Greece

Otto of Bavaria was made the first modern king of First Kingdom of Greece in 1832 under the London Conference of 1832, whereby Greece became a new independent monarchy under the protection of the Great Powers ....
 became the country's first king. Von Klenze was invited to Athens
Athens

Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
 to submit plans of city reconstruction in the style of Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece

The term Ancient Greece refers to the period of History of Greece lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman Republic conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth ....
. Russian Emperor Nicholas I
Nicholas I of Russia

Nicholas I , , was the Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855, known as one of the most reactionary of the List of Russian rulers. On the eve of his death, the Russian Empire reached its historical zenith spanning over 20 million square kilometres....
 commissioned von Klenze to design a building for the New Hermitage
Hermitage Museum

The State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia is one of the largest museums in the world, with 3 million works of art , and one of the oldest art gallery and museums of human history and culture in the world....
, a public museum that housed Greek, Roman, and Egyptian antiquities. Von Klenze also designed and arranged museum galleries in Munich, including the Glyptothek
Glyptothek

The Glyptothek is a museum in Munich, Germany, which was commissioned by the Bavarian King Ludwig I of Bavaria to house his collection of Greece and Rome sculptures ....
 and Alte Pinakothek
Alte Pinakothek

The Alte Pinakothek is an art museum situated in the Kunstareal in Munich, Germany. It is one of the oldest galleries of the world housing one of the most famous art museums for the Old Master....
.

Von Klenze was not only an architect, but also an accomplished painter and draughtsman. In many of his paintings ancient buildings were depicted. Those served as models for his own architectural projects. Klenze studied ancient architecture during his travels to Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 and Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
. He also participated in excavations of ancient buildings in Athens
Athens

Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
 and submitted projects for the restoration of the Acropolis
Acropolis

Acropolis literally means city on the edge . For purposes of defense, early settlers naturally chose elevated ground, frequently a hill with precipitous sides....
.

Klenze collected works of important contemporary German painters. He sold his collection, including 58 landscapes and genre paintings, to King Ludwig I
Ludwig I of Bavaria

Ludwig I was king of Bavaria from 1825 until the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states....
 in 1841. These paintings form the core of the Neue Pinakothek
Neue Pinakothek

The Neue Pinakothek is an art gallery in Munich, Germany. Its focus is Western art history of the 18th and 19th century and is one of the most important museums of art of the nineteenth century in the world....
 museum's collection.

Von Klenze died in 1864 and was buried in the Alter Südfriedhof
Alter Südfriedhof

The Alter S?dfriedhof is a cemetery in Munich in Germany. It was founded by Albert V, Duke of Bavaria as a plague cemetery in 1563 about half a kilometer south of the Sendlinger Tor between Thalkirchner and Pestalozzistra?e....
 in Munich.

Architectural works

New Hermitage
*In Munich (München)
Munich

Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
:
    • Glyptothek
      Glyptothek

      The Glyptothek is a museum in Munich, Germany, which was commissioned by the Bavarian King Ludwig I of Bavaria to house his collection of Greece and Rome sculptures ....
       (1816-1830)
    • Alte Pinakothek
      Alte Pinakothek

      The Alte Pinakothek is an art museum situated in the Kunstareal in Munich, Germany. It is one of the oldest galleries of the world housing one of the most famous art museums for the Old Master....
       (1826-1836)
    • Residenz
      Residenz, Munich

      The Residence is the former royal palace of the Bavarian List of rulers of Bavaria in the city center of Munich. The Residence is the largest downtown palace in Germany and serves today as one of the finest room decoration museums in Europe....
       - Königsbau, Festsaalbau and the Allerheiligen-Hofkirche
      Allerheiligen-Hofkirche

      The Allerheiligen-Hofkirche is a small church in the Munich Residence , designed by Leo von Klenze and built between 1826 and 1837. It was seriously damaged by bombs in World War II and remained a ruin for decades, before being partially restored and turned to secular purposes....
       (1826-1842)
    • Monopteros temple in Englischer Garten (1836)
    • Propyläen
      Propylaea (Munich)

      The Propylaea is a gate in Munich at the west side of K?nigsplatz, Munich....
       Gate (1846-1862)
    • Ruhmeshalle (1850)
    • Monopteros in the park of Nymphenburg Palace
      Nymphenburg Palace

      The Nymphenburg Palace is a Baroque palace in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The palace was the summer residence of the List of rulers of Bavaria....
    • Ludwigstraße.
  • Ballhouse in Wilhelmshöhe
    Wilhelmshöhe

    Schloss Wilhelmsh?he is a palace near the city of Kassel in Germany. As King of Westphalia, J?r?me Bonaparte renamed it Napoleonsh?he and appointed his Head Chamberlain Heinrich von Blumenthal as its governor, with instructions to supervise extensive renovations....
     castle park, (Kassel
    Kassel

    Kassel is a city situated along the Fulda River in northern Hessen, Germany, one of the two sources of the Weser river . It is the administrative seat of the Kassel and of the Kassel of the same name....
    ) (1809-1810)
  • Ismaning
    Ismaning

    Ismaning is a Municipalities of Germany in Bavaria, Germany. It is located near Munich at , and has 14,638 inhabitants. Near Ismaning there is a large broadcasting facility called Transmitter Ismaning....
     castle (1816) built for a stepson of Napoleon, Eugen Beauharnais
    Eugène de Beauharnais

    Eug?ne Rose de Beauharnais, Prince Fran?ais, Prince of Venice, Viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy , Hereditary Grand Duke of Frankfurt, 1st Duke of Leuchtenberg and 1st Prince of Eichst?tt ad personam was the first child and only son of the future French emperor Napoleon's first wife, Josephine de Beauharnais and Alexandre, Vicomte de Bea...
    , and his spouse.
  • Walhalla temple
    Walhalla temple

    The Walhalla Hall of Fame and Honor is a neo-classicism hall of fame located on the Danube River 10 km east of Regensburg, in Bavaria, Germany....
     near Regensburg
    Regensburg

    Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen River rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube....
     (1816-1842)
  • Neues Schloss (New Palace) at Pappenheim (1819-1820)
  • New Hermitage
    Hermitage Museum

    The State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia is one of the largest museums in the world, with 3 million works of art , and one of the oldest art gallery and museums of human history and culture in the world....
     in St. Petersburg,Russia
    Russia

    Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
     (1839-1852)
  • Catholic church of St. Dionysios the Areopagite in Athens
    Athens

    Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
    ,Greece
    Greece

    Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
     (1853-1865)
  • Befreiungshalle
    Befreiungshalle

    The Befreiungshalle is an historical classical monument upon Mount Michelsberg above the city of Kelheim in Bavaria, Germany. It stands upstream of Regensburg on the river Danube at the confluence of the Danube and the Altm?hl, i.e....
     in Kelheim
    Kelheim

    Kelheim is a municipality in Bavaria, capital of the Kelheim . It is situated at the confluence of Altm?hl and Danube. As of June 30, 2005, the town had a population of 15,667....
     (1863)


See also

  • Neoclassical architecture
    Neoclassical architecture

    Neoclassical architecture was an architectural style produced by the Neoclassicism that began in the mid-18th century, both as a reaction against the Rococo style of anti-tectonic naturalistic ornament, and an outgrowth of some classicizing features of Baroque architecture....
  • Greek revival