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The Ekhof theatre is a special jewel in the series of historic
baroque theatres. This baroque theatre, the oldest with the original stage
machinery, was installed inthe ballroom of Friedenstein Castle,
the ducal deat, in 1683 under Duke Frederick I of Saxe-Gotha and
Altenburg. more... |
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Ekhof Festival 2005 |
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Curio cabinets,
actually art and curio cabinets, came into fashion in
Europe in the 16th century when especially the princes
courts were overtaken by a passion for collecting. Not only art
objects where collected but
virtually everything regarded as significant and worthy of interest
at the time: paintings, copperplate engravings and sculptures are
also part of it of as well as books on all areas of
science, coins and medals, astronomical instruments, globes and
atlases, skeletons, fossils and minerals as well as ivory items
turned on the
cutting-edge of technical knowledge, artfully engraved ostrich eggs,
coconuts in valuable and setting much more. more... |
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Prints and sketches are among the oldest items in the art cabinet.
The permanent collection of the copperplate cabinet contains the
largest collection of single-sheet prints with a typographical
text from the 16th century. more... |
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In the collection of sculptures the exhibits from the ducal art
cabinet have pride of place. more... |
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The porcelain and earthenware collection in the castle museum,
which also originated in the art cabinet, reflects a wide variety
of themes. more... |
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he Egyptian items in Friedenstein Castle are part of one of the
oldest European collections of this kind that were purposefully
established in Germany on a larger scale. more... |
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The paintings occupy an important place among the art collections
of the castle museum. Since the foundation of the ducal art
cabinet, the dukes of Gotha have concentrated on collecting
German paintings of the end of the 15th and of the 16th centuries
and Dutch and Flemish paintings of the 17th century. more... |
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When the art cabinet was founded, the coin collection had already
achieved an impressive reputation. Even 16 years before the first
inventory of the art cabinet, the Weimar “Rat” Friedrich
Hortleder compiled the first inventory of the coin collection
under Duke Ernest the Pious (1640-1675). The inventory,
containing 516 coins and medals, must have been compiled before
1640 and still exists in all its four volumes. more... |
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At the present time, the glass collection contains approx. 380
glasses, among them 100 pieces of Egyptian, Syrian, Greek and
Roman origin. more... |
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The existence of antique exhibits in the Friedenstein art cabinet
can be traced back to the 17th and 18th centuries. more... |
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East Asian objects have already been mentioned in the first art
cabinet inventory of 1656. First exotic pieces were collected.
Under Duke Frederick II, the emphasis was placed on artistic
porcelain and earthenware from China and Japan. more... |
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Containing almost 300 notable European and East Asian fans, this
is one of the most significant fan collections of a German museum.
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