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Hamburg temple model

Hamburg temple model is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Hamburg temple model rather than just read about it. In short: The Hamburg temple model is an architectural model of the Temple of Solomon in the Baroque style currently located at the Hamburg Museum. It covers an area of about 12 square metres (130 sq ft) and is made from wood.

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Reference excerpt

The Hamburg temple model is an architectural model of the Temple of Solomon in the Baroque style currently located at the Hamburg Museum. It covers an area of about 12 square metres (130 sq ft) and is made from wood. It is square, with four wings and nine courtyards, two of them in the central axis. It was made somewhere between 1692 and 1698 after being commissioned by the Hamburg senator and founder and director of the Oper am Gänsemarkt (a forerunner of the Hamburg Opera) Gerhard Schott (1641-1702). Schott's model is in the tradition of many Renaissance and Baroque attempts at reconstruction of the temple by theological and architectural scholars. The Hamburg-based model closely follows an interpretation by the Spanish Jesuit Juan Bautista Villalpando in 1604, in turn, based on the Third Temple described in the Book of Ezekiel. The reason the expensive and complex model was commissioned is unknown but one theory is that the model was constructed in preparation for building the set of a 1692 opera in two parts titled "The Destruction of Jerusalem" with a libretto by Christian Heinrich Postel. The model was first exhibited at the Opera. After Schott's death, his heirs put the model up for sale. It was brought to London and eventually sold to an Englishman, allegedly in 1717, who put it on display there from 1724 to 1731. In 1732, it was acquired by an agent of Frederick Augustus I who was the Elector of Saxony, as well as and King of Poland. The model was taken to Dresden, where it was shown as part of the collection of Jewish ceremonial art. After the restructuring of this collection in the early 19th Century the model had several owners, before being acquired by the Hamburg Museum in 1910. The temple model has been restored several times throughout its history. During the last restoration campaign, completed in 2015, it turned out to be particularly difficult that earlier measures had used highly toxic wood preservatives, so extensive protective measures had to be taken for restorers and museum visitors.

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References

Korey, Michael. "Der Tempel Salomonis im Dresdener Zwinger, Facetten und Spiegelungen eines Barocken Architekturmodells". Dresdner Kunstblätter (in German). 4/2009: 48–59. ISSN 0418-0615. Korey, Michael (2010). Thomas Ketelsen (ed.). Fragmente der Erinnerung. Der Tempel Salomonis im Dresdner Zwinger; Facetten und Spiegelungen eines barocken Architekturmodells und eines frühen jüdischen Museums. Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag. ISBN 9783422070196. Jaacks, Gisela (1982). Abbild und Symbol. Das Hamburger Modell des Salomonischen Tempels (in German). Vol. 17/82. Hamburg: Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte. Jaacks, Gisela (1997). Hamburg zu Lust und Nutz, Bürgerliches Musikverständnis zwischen Barock und Aufklärung (1660-1760) (in German). Hamburg: Verein für Hamburgische Geschichte. Lauffer, Otto (1911). Das Modell des Tempels Solomonis (in German). Vol. Jahresbericht des Museums für Hamburgische Geschichte für das Jahr 1910. Hamburg: Gräfe und Sillem. pp. 17–24. Vogelsang, Bernd (1979). "Archaische Utopien", Materialien zu Gerhard Schotts Hamburger "Bühnenmodell" des Templum Salomonis (in German).

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Hamburg temple model

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In the classroom: Hamburg temple model is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Architectural history, Collection of the Museum of Hamburg History, Jewish art, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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