Rococo Hall, Anna Amalia Library

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1. 1Rokokosaal, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Weimar (position 1 of 12)Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0

   • Busts of poets and thinkers

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     Under Duke Carl August and Goethe the library became a pantheon of Weimar Classicism. Busts of the Weimar poets and thinkers were set up, and paintings of them hung on the walls.

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   • Shelving by subject

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     The hall now holds 40,000 volumes on the main level and first gallery. They are grouped by subject, such as history, theology and law, roughly as they stood in the mid 19th century.

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2. 2Rokokosaal, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Weimar (position 2 of 12)Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0

   • Main-level shelving

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     The Rokokosaal holds 40,000 volumes on the main level and first gallery. The arrangement roughly follows the state of the mid-19th century and the logic of the old library's subject order.

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     Luther Bible 1534, from this collectionIIIF manifest
     A collection example, not an individual book identified in the panorama.

3. 3Rokokosaal, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Weimar (position 3 of 12)Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0

   • Busts of the Weimar writers

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     Under Goethe the library became a pantheon of Weimar Classicism. The old princely portraits went to the second gallery. Busts and paintings of Weimar's poets and thinkers took their place.

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4. 4Rokokosaal, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Weimar (position 4 of 12)Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0

   • Bust of a Weimar figure

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     After Goethe and Carl August died, the library became a pantheon of Weimar Classicism. Busts of the Weimar poets and thinkers were set up in the hall, and paintings of them were hung. The old princely portraits went to the second gallery.

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   • Shelving of the main level

     Shelf

     The main level and the first gallery of the Rokokosaal hold 40,000 volumes in all. The arrangement roughly follows the state of the mid-19th century.

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5. 5Rokokosaal, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Weimar (position 5 of 12)Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0

   • The first gallery

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     The main level and the first gallery together hold 40,000 volumes. Old princely portraits were moved to the second gallery when the classical Weimar figures took their place below.

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   • The first gallery

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     The Rokokosaal was fitted out in 1766 for Duchess Anna Amalia by Landbaumeister August Friedrich Strassburger. The main level and the first gallery together hold 40,000 volumes. About 30,000 volumes moved in during 1766.

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6. 6Rokokosaal, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Weimar (position 6 of 12)Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0

   • Balcony of the Rokokosaal

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     August Friedrich Strassburger fitted out a library hall in late Rococo style inside the Green Palace, built between 1563 and 1565. The library moved in from the Residenzschloss in 1766. It held almost 30,000 volumes by then.

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   • Bust of a Weimar figure

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     After Goethe and Carl August died, the library became a pantheon of Weimar Classicism. Busts of the Weimar poets and thinkers were set up in the hall, and paintings of them were hung. The old princely portraits went to the second gallery.

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7. 7Rokokosaal, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Weimar (position 7 of 12)Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0

   • Books under Goethe and Voigt

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     In 1797 Duke Carl August put Goethe and Christian Gottlob Voigt in charge of the library. Two months after they started, they issued a new library order fixing lending days and loan periods. By 1832, the year Goethe died, the collection had reached 80,000 volumes.

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   • Bust of a Weimar figure

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     After Goethe and Carl August died, the library became a pantheon of Weimar Classicism. Busts of the Weimar poets and thinkers were set up in the hall, and paintings of them were hung. The old princely portraits went to the second gallery.

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8. 8Rokokosaal, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Weimar (position 8 of 12)Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0

   • Balcony of the Rokokosaal

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     August Friedrich Strassburger fitted out a library hall in late Rococo style inside the Green Palace, built between 1563 and 1565. The library moved in from the Residenzschloss in 1766. It held almost 30,000 volumes by then.

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   • Shelving of the main level

     Shelf

     The main level and the first gallery of the Rokokosaal hold 40,000 volumes in all. The arrangement roughly follows the state of the mid-19th century.

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9. 9Rokokosaal, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Weimar (position 9 of 12)Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0

   • Shelves catalogued by Vulpius

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     Christian August Vulpius, Goethe's brother-in-law, worked in the library from 1797 to 1826. Thanks to him, the new books were catalogued and shelved so they could be used.

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   • Bust of a Weimar figure

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     After Goethe and Carl August died, the library became a pantheon of Weimar Classicism. Busts of the Weimar poets and thinkers were set up in the hall, and paintings of them were hung. The old princely portraits went to the second gallery.

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10. 10Rokokosaal, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Weimar (position 10 of 12)Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0

    • Bust of a Weimar figure

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      After Goethe and Carl August died, the library became a pantheon of Weimar Classicism. Busts of the Weimar poets and thinkers were set up in the hall, and paintings of them were hung. The old princely portraits went to the second gallery.

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    • Books under Goethe and Voigt

      Shelf

      In 1797 Duke Carl August put Goethe and Christian Gottlob Voigt in charge of the library. Two months after they started, they issued a new library order fixing lending days and loan periods. By 1832, the year Goethe died, the collection had reached 80,000 volumes.

      primary Source

11. 11Rokokosaal, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Weimar (position 11 of 12)Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0

    • Bust of a Weimar figure

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      After Goethe and Carl August died, the library became a pantheon of Weimar Classicism. Busts of the Weimar poets and thinkers were set up in the hall, and paintings of them were hung. The old princely portraits went to the second gallery.

      primary Source

    • Shelving of the main level

      Shelf

      The main level and the first gallery of the Rokokosaal hold 40,000 volumes in all. The arrangement roughly follows the state of the mid-19th century.

      primary Source

12. 12Rokokosaal, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Weimar (position 12 of 12)Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0

    • Bust of a Weimar figure

      Object

      After Goethe and Carl August died, the library became a pantheon of Weimar Classicism. Busts of the Weimar poets and thinkers were set up in the hall, and paintings of them were hung. The old princely portraits went to the second gallery.

      primary Source

    • Balcony of the Rokokosaal

      Object

      August Friedrich Strassburger fitted out a library hall in late Rococo style inside the Green Palace, built between 1563 and 1565. The library moved in from the Residenzschloss in 1766. It held almost 30,000 volumes by then.

      primary Source