GERMAN ARCHITECTURE. 1— IV.
south Germany. — ( Continued.) W
HILE the dukes of Wurtemberg were rearing princely dwellings, the free cities of Swabia, particularly Heilbronn, Esslingen, Ulm and Augsburg, were contributing generously to the architectural monuments of this country. We have already called attention to the fact that Heilbronn began the innovation in 1513 with the construction of the tower of St. Guy; after that, Renaissance art spread in the city. The town-hall is a very picturesque edifice; we cite likewise, as a model of elegance in the characteristic gable architecture of Germany, a house adjoining the town-hall; this gable belongs to the latter part of the sixteenth century, but is in a very pure style (Figure 14). The slaughter-house is a pretty building of the same period with original capitals; the emblem of a lion devouring sausages and a ham is not devoid of appropriateness (Figure 15).
Esslingen has a handsome town-hall (Figure 16).
Ulm is rich in interior decorations : the buildings are mostly of brick, with facades painted in sgraffito; some fine specimens of wrought-iron work are to be seen here, and a few remarkable fountains adorn the streets.
Augsburg, a powerful and wealthy city, having important commercial relations with the South, early imported the
Renaissance from Italy. The Fugger and Welser families and a few other merchant princes possessed of immense riches
encouraged the arts; however, not many monuments of the beginning of the sixteenth century now remain. Nearly all
1 From the French of Lambert and Stahl, in Planat’s Encyclopedic de l Architecture et de la Construction. Continued from No. 817, page 114. Fig. 14. Gable at Heilbronn.
Fig. 15. Slaughter-house at Heilbronn.
Fig. 16. Town-hall at Esslingen.
Fig. 17. Town-hall at Augsburg.
south Germany. — ( Continued.) W
HILE the dukes of Wurtemberg were rearing princely dwellings, the free cities of Swabia, particularly Heilbronn, Esslingen, Ulm and Augsburg, were contributing generously to the architectural monuments of this country. We have already called attention to the fact that Heilbronn began the innovation in 1513 with the construction of the tower of St. Guy; after that, Renaissance art spread in the city. The town-hall is a very picturesque edifice; we cite likewise, as a model of elegance in the characteristic gable architecture of Germany, a house adjoining the town-hall; this gable belongs to the latter part of the sixteenth century, but is in a very pure style (Figure 14). The slaughter-house is a pretty building of the same period with original capitals; the emblem of a lion devouring sausages and a ham is not devoid of appropriateness (Figure 15).
Esslingen has a handsome town-hall (Figure 16).
Ulm is rich in interior decorations : the buildings are mostly of brick, with facades painted in sgraffito; some fine specimens of wrought-iron work are to be seen here, and a few remarkable fountains adorn the streets.
Augsburg, a powerful and wealthy city, having important commercial relations with the South, early imported the
Renaissance from Italy. The Fugger and Welser families and a few other merchant princes possessed of immense riches
encouraged the arts; however, not many monuments of the beginning of the sixteenth century now remain. Nearly all
1 From the French of Lambert and Stahl, in Planat’s Encyclopedic de l Architecture et de la Construction. Continued from No. 817, page 114. Fig. 14. Gable at Heilbronn.
Fig. 15. Slaughter-house at Heilbronn.
Fig. 16. Town-hall at Esslingen.
Fig. 17. Town-hall at Augsburg.