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The Einstein Tower / Architecture
Raoul Hausmann / Graphic Design
Sigur Ros Artwork / Graphic Design
The Downward Spiral / Graphic Design
Come To Daddy / Typography
X-STaTIC Pro=CeSS / Photography /FilmFebruary 2007
The Dresden Frauenkirche / Architecture
Tori Amos / Photography
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Robjn.com Blog | The Dresden Frauenkirche
The Dresdner Frauenkirche ("Church of Our Lady") is a Lutheran church in Dresden, Germany. Several other churches in Europe, both Roman Catholic and Protestant, also share the name of Frauenkirche.
The Dresden Frauenkirche was destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II and has been reconstructed as a landmark symbol of reconciliation between former warring enemies. The reconstruction of its exterior was completed in 2004, its interior in 2005 and after 13 years of rebuilding, the church was reconsecrated on 30 October 2005 with festive services lasting through the Protestant observance of Reformation Day on 31 October.
Once a month, an Anglican Eucharist in English is held in the Frauenkirche, with clergy sent from St. George's Anglican Chaplaincy in Berlin.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dresden_Frauenkirche
The Church compleate in 2005
The Frauenkirche was built as a Lutheran (Protestant) cathedral, even though Saxony's elector, Frederick August I (1670-1733), was Catholic.The original baroque church was built between 1726 and 1743 and was designed by Dresden's city architect George Bähr (1666-1738), one of the greatest masters of German Baroque style, who did not live to see the completion of his greatest work. Bähr's distinctive design for the church captured the new spirit of the Protestant liturgy by placing the altar, chancel, and baptismal font directly centered in view of the entire congregation.
In 1736, famed organ maker Gottfried Silbermann (1683-1753) built a three-manual, 43-stop instrument for the church. The organ was dedicated on 25 November and Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) gave a recital on the instrument on 1 December.Dresden Frauenkirche in 1880The church's most distinctive feature was its unconventional 314-foot-high dome, called die Steinerne Glocke or "Stone Bell".
Before the bombing.
After the bombing with reconstruction and cleaning up going on. On the left you can see a tempery railway line to move debree out.
After the clearing and before building the area was still put to use as grazing land.
