With the coronation of King-Stadtholder William of Orange III and Mary II of England in 1689, palace Het Loo became the seat of the first kingly ruler the Dutch had seen in a century. Its physical biography demonstrates this symbolic weight and the dialogue between its presentation and reception since. In the early nineteenth century, its resident king Louis Bonaparte greatly altered both the house and the garden of Het Loo. In the 1970s, it was decided to recreate the seventeenth-century palace, despite fierce debates, which even reached the Dutch Parliament. Both supporters and opponents of the far-reaching renovation plans argued that the authenticity of the site was at stake. Since then, several other restoration programs have been carr...
Detail, ornamentation of the south facade; The Rijksmuseum (translation: State Museum) is the Dutch ...
At the time of its completion in 1686 Zeist castle was the most prestigious project ever realised on...
The preservation of the built architectural heritage is inextricably bound up with an accurate descr...
This chapter presents a case study of Het Loo, the palace built in the Dutch province of Gelderland ...
In the period 1977-1984 the Royal Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, was thoroughly resto...
By means of two case studies this article centres on the question of authenticity in both the presen...
Dealing correctly with the built past is the key question of each individual case of preservation of...
In contrast to other European countries 19 th century-court architecture in the Netherlands has not ...
Until 2004 Soestdijk Palace was one of the residences of the Oranje-Nassau family. Although the buil...
Detail, central image; The central, bird's eye image of palace and grounds is surrounded by thirteen...
Until 2004 Soestdijk Palace was one of the residences of the Oranje-Nassau family. Although the buil...
This article explores visual strategies of legitimisation deployed in the establishment of the Dutch...
Sometimes an issue grows naturally into a theme number. The occasion was the celebration of two hund...
This article explores visual strategies of legitimisation deployed in the establishment of the Dutch...
Four hundred years after Rembrandt's birth all sorts of exhibitions are to be seen in the Dutch muse...
Detail, ornamentation of the south facade; The Rijksmuseum (translation: State Museum) is the Dutch ...
At the time of its completion in 1686 Zeist castle was the most prestigious project ever realised on...
The preservation of the built architectural heritage is inextricably bound up with an accurate descr...
This chapter presents a case study of Het Loo, the palace built in the Dutch province of Gelderland ...
In the period 1977-1984 the Royal Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, was thoroughly resto...
By means of two case studies this article centres on the question of authenticity in both the presen...
Dealing correctly with the built past is the key question of each individual case of preservation of...
In contrast to other European countries 19 th century-court architecture in the Netherlands has not ...
Until 2004 Soestdijk Palace was one of the residences of the Oranje-Nassau family. Although the buil...
Detail, central image; The central, bird's eye image of palace and grounds is surrounded by thirteen...
Until 2004 Soestdijk Palace was one of the residences of the Oranje-Nassau family. Although the buil...
This article explores visual strategies of legitimisation deployed in the establishment of the Dutch...
Sometimes an issue grows naturally into a theme number. The occasion was the celebration of two hund...
This article explores visual strategies of legitimisation deployed in the establishment of the Dutch...
Four hundred years after Rembrandt's birth all sorts of exhibitions are to be seen in the Dutch muse...
Detail, ornamentation of the south facade; The Rijksmuseum (translation: State Museum) is the Dutch ...
At the time of its completion in 1686 Zeist castle was the most prestigious project ever realised on...
The preservation of the built architectural heritage is inextricably bound up with an accurate descr...