{"product_id":"the-temple-of-night-at-john-a-rice-9780871692580","title":"Temple of Night at Schonau: Architecture, Music, and Theater in a Late Eighteenth-Century Viennese Garden, Memoirs, American Philosophical Society","description":"Between 1796 \u0026amp; 1800 Baron Peter von Braun, a rich businessman \u0026amp; manager of Vienna's court theaters, transformed his estate at Schonau into an English-style landscape park. The most celebrated building was the Temple of Night, a domed rotunda accessible only through a meandering rockwork grotto. A life-size statue of the goddess Night on a chariot pulled by two horses presided over the Temple, while from the dome, came the sounds of a mechanical musical instrument. Only the ruins survive, \u0026amp; the Temple has received little scholarly attention. This book brings it back to life by assembling the descriptions of it by early 19th-cent. eyewitnesses. \"Will appeal to anyone interested in the history of garden design, arch., theater, \u0026amp; music.\" Illus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John A. Rice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0871692589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780871692580\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e American Philosophical Society Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.25w x 0.58d","brand":"John A. Rice","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45476873666815,"sku":"9780871692580","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e18fdfc9-65bd-418a-a19e-dce8579fb507.jpg?v=1715918409","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-temple-of-night-at-john-a-rice-9780871692580","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}