There is no Peace without War. Decorations of the Upper Lusatian Commemoration Hall façade

Abstract

The Upper Lusatian Commemoration Hall in which Emper-or-Friedrich-Museum is placed was erected in 1898-1904, according to a design by Hugo Behr, to commemorate the two Emperors who died in 1888 – Wilhelm I and his son, Friedrich III, and to the Unification of Germany more broadly. The central hall and building’s elevations were equipped with numerous sculptural decorations that created a coherent iconographic program. In this article two decoration cycles devoted to the topic of war and peace placed on the façade are analized and interpreted.

Keywords

• prussia
• hohenzollern
• german empire
• allegory of peace and war