Do you know that this Chinese pavillion was built by King Frederick ll for his Afternoon Tea? 🎥 @edgarsworldph The Chinese Tea House ranks among the most prominent examples of the Chinoiserie fashion that had influenced court culture throughout 18th-century Europe. But this fashion does not so much reflect China of that time as it does the notions Europeans had of it. At the behest of Frederick Il, the pavilion with its cloverleaf floorplan was built as a summer retreat between 1754 and 1764 by the architect J. G. Büring. Designed to entice its visitors into a fantasy world, J. P. Benckert and J. G. Heymüller created gilded sandstone figures as attractive decorations. Here the actual building blends together with the painted architecture to evoke a spatial illusion. sanssouci attractions • potsdam must see • afternoon tea house • germany hidden gems #germany #potsdam #europe edgarsworldph
Do you know that this Chinese pavillion was built by King Frederick ll for his Afternoon Tea? 🎥 @edgarsworldph The Chinese Tea House ranks among the most prominent examples of the Chinoiserie fashion that had influenced court culture throughout 18th-century Europe. But this fashion does not so much reflect China of that time as it does the notions Europeans had of it. At the behest of Frederick Il, the pavilion with its cloverleaf floorplan was built as a summer retreat between 1754 and 1764 by the architect J. G. Büring. Designed to entice its visitors into a fantasy world, J. P. Benckert and J. G. Heymüller created gilded sandstone figures as attractive decorations. Here the actual building blends together with the painted architecture to evoke a spatial illusion. sanssouci attractions • potsdam must see • afternoon tea house • germany hidden gems #germany #potsdam #europe edgarsworldph