Der Palast von Sans-Souci in Milot, Haiti / The Palace of Sans-Souci in Milot, Haiti

Gauvin Bailey

Print Only Published by Deutscher Kunstverlag (DKV) 2018

Der Palast von Sans-Souci in Milot, Haiti / The Palace of Sans-Souci in Milot, Haiti

Das vergessene Potsdam im Regenwald / The Untold Story of the Potsdam of the Rainforest

Gauvin Bailey

Edited by: Ulrich Pfisterer

Volume 2018 in the series Panofsky-Professur ... am Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte München

Overview

About this book

One of the most mysterious buildings in the Western hemisphere, King Henri Christophe’s lavish neoclassical palace in the rain forest, enthrones the small Haitian town of Milot. Begun less than a decade after the Haitian Revolution for independence (1804) by the first black African king in the Americas, this massive monument was built to showcase Haiti’s power and self-confidence.

Despite its status as UNESCO World Heritage and a tourist attraction, the unusual building has never before been the subject of a study. On the basis of unpublished archival sources and exact photographic documentation, this book is the first to publish detailed information about the genesis this extraordinary architecture and the story of its builder.

Reviews

"This short book is as fascinating as it is original. [...] Gauvin Alexander Bailey has served his subject wonderfully well. By dint of painstaking research, his meticulous scholarship has stripped away the many layers of myth, exaggeration and downright falsehood that accreted around King Henry’s life and times. [...] A very good impression of what remains of the academy of Sans-Souci, and also of the Citadelle and other contemporary buildings, can be gained from the 30 high-quality and well-chosen illustrations that adorn this beautifully produced book."
Tim Blanning in: The Art Newspaper 10.08.2018 https://www.theartnewspaper.com/review/frederick-the-great-and-the-royals-bonbons

"Thanks to the depth and detail of Bailey’s historical, cultural and architectural analyses and the copious illustrations, the palace has now found its place in scholarship and been set into the context of its time and the people involved, from royalty to architectural engineers and bricklayers. Bailey reveals Sans-Souci to be a treasure worthy of its designation in 1982 as a World Heritage Site."
Legrace Benson in: The Burlington Magazine 161 (2019), 615

Topics

(Deutsch)

Languages: English, German
Publisher: Deutscher Kunstverlag (DKV)
Pages
- Main content: 200
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 31
Keywords: Panofsky-Professur; Palast; Welterbe; Kunstwissenschaft; Kunstgeschichte; König Henry Christophe; Dokumentation; Ruine; Amerika; UNESCO; Regenwald; Sanssouci

Paperback

Published: January 4, 2018
ISBN: 9783422074668