The Burgtheater in Vienna, shortly after its completion, built by Karl von Hasenauer

Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer (July 20, 1833 - January 4, 1894) was an important Austrian architect and key representative of the Historismus school. Also known as Karl von Hasenauer. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1547x1044, 532 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Burgtheater ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1547x1044, 532 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Burgtheater ... Jump to: navigation, search July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect, also known as a building designer, is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction, whose role is to guide decisions affecting those building aspects that are of aesthetic, cultural or social...

He created several Neo-Baroque monuments, many around near the Ringstraße in Vienna. He was also a student of August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll. For his outstanding work, he was ennobled by Emperor Franz Joseph I in 1873, and given the Freiherr nobility title. Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens: dynamic figures spiral down around a void: draperies blow: a whirl of movement lit in a shaft of light, rendered in a free bravura handling of paint The Baroque was a style in art that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce... Jump to: navigation, search The Ringstraße at night The Ringstraße is a circular road surrounding the Innere Stadt district of Vienna, Austria and is one of its main sights. ... Jump to: navigation, search Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya; Serbian: Beč) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Freiherr (German for Free Lord) is a title of lower nobility in Germany, the Baltic states and Austria-Hungary, considered equal to the title Baron. ...

Hasenauer was the chief architect for the Vienna World's Fair in 1873. Together with Gottfried Semper he designed the complex with the Kunsthistorisches Museum (the Museum of Art History) and the Naturhistorisches Museum (Natural History Museum) (1871-1891), the Burgtheater (1874-1888, and the Neue Hofburg (1881-1894, completed in 1913). Jump to: navigation, search 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Gottfried Semper Gottfried Semper (1803-1879) was a German architect, art critic, and professor of architecture, who designed and built the Semper Oper in Dresden between 1838 and 1841. ... The Kunsthistorisches Museum (Art History Musuem) is the most prominent art museum in Vienna, Austria. ... Naturhistorisches Museum Wien The Naturhistorisches Museum (German: Museum of Natural History) is a large museum located in Vienna, Austria. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Burgtheater (Postcard) The Burgtheater (English: Castle Theater), originally known as Theater an der Burg, then from 1918 known as the Hof-Burgtheater, is the Austrias Federal Theater in Vienna and one of the most important German language theatres in the world. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

After a conflict with his former business partner Semper he managed the building of the Hofburg alone. The conflict over attribution of their joint projects continues to this day between the supporters of Semper and Hasenauer. However, because the older master Semper is credited with the Semperoper in Dresden, Hasenauer receives more credit for the architecture in the Ringstraße. Semper Oper in Dresden Semper Oper (or Semperoper or Dresden Royal Opera House or Dresden State Opera House) is an opera house in Dresden, Germany, and is one of the most famous in Europe. ... Jump to: navigation, search Dresden is the capital city of the German federal state of Saxony, is situated in a valley on the river Elbe. ...

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• Note regarding personal names: Freiherr is a title equal to the title Baron, not a first or middle name.