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Sign: Vienna - The Theseus Temple


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Theseus Temple, 1010, Wien, Austria
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DER THESEUSTEMPEL
Das klassizistische Bauwerk, vor dem Sie sich befinden, wurde. in den Jahren 1819 bis 1823 vom Hofarchitekten Peter von Nobile errichtet. Seine ursprüngliche Bestimmung bestand darin, ein einziges zeitgenössisches Kunstwerk aufzunehmen: Antonio Canovas aus weißem Marmor geschaffenes Meister werk Theseus besiegt den Kentauren. Fast siebzig Jahre lang stand die Skulptur an diesem Ort, bis sie 1890 in das soeben. fertiggestellte Kunsthistorische Museum übersiedelt wurde, wo sie sich noch heute befindet. Mehr als ein Jahrhundert später führt eine neue Ausstellungsreihe des Kunsthistori schen Museums den Tempel wieder seinem ursprünglichen. Zweck zu und präsentiert einmal im Jahr jeweils ein her ausragendes Werk zeitgenössischer Kunst.

Vor dem Thescustempel ist die Bronzestatue Jugendlicher Athlet von Josef Müllner (geschaffen 1921) zu sehen.

THE THESEUS TEMPLE
This neo-classical building was designed by the court architect, Peter von Nobile, between 1819 and 1823. It was devised as the home and setting of a single contemporary artwork: Antonio Canova’s magnificent Theseus Slaying the Centaur. For almost seven decades this impressive marble group stood in the Theseus Temple but in 1890 it was removed to the newly-erected Kunsthistorisches Museum, where it remains to this day. Over a century later a new exhibition series or ganized by the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna returns. the temple to its original purpose by presenting a major work by a contemporary artist at the Theseus Temple every year.

The bronze statue Young Athlete in front of the Theseus. Temple dates from 1921 and is by Josef Müllner.
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The temple, designed by the architect Pietro Nobile, was built in 1823 in order to house the statue of the artist
Antonio Canova - Theseus fights the centaur. A work that in 1890 was transferred to the Museum of Art History in Vienna (Kunsthistorisches)

The building was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

The bronze statue mentioned on the sign and standing in front of the building is also found on site Click for sign's details

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