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750 ft. long and 295 ft. wide, is embellished with numerous sculp¬
tures. The balustrade in front of the aula is embellished with five
bronze busts by K. Begas: Gauss, the mathematician (d. 1855),
Eytelwein, the civil engineer (d. 1848), Schinkel, the architect (d.
1841), Redtenbacher, the mechanical engineer (d. 1863), and Liebig,
the chemist (d. 1873). The niches on the central building and the
projecting wings are filled with statues; viz. Erwin von Steinbach
and Bramante, by Encke; Andreas Schliiter, by Hundrieser; Leo¬
nardo da Vinci, by Eberlein; James Watt and George Stephenson,
by Keil. In front of the building are bronze statues of Werner von
Siemens (d. 1892; by Wundschneider) and Alfred Krupp (d. 1887;
by Herter). — The Academy has a teaching-staff of 150 and is at¬
tended by 2300 students.
The Central Court, covered with a glazed roof, contains a bronze
statue of Frederick William III. in classical costume by Kiss, the Genius
of Steam by Rensch, busts of eminent teachers, etc. In the corridor on the
first floor is a bronze group by Herter, representing Art paying homage
to Technical Science; at the sides are busts of Schinkel and Beuth.
On the second floor, to the left (E. & S. sides), is the Architectural
Museum (adm., see p. 42; director, Prof. Raschdorff), a large collection
of models and plans. Specially noteworthy are the Callenbach collection
of models of medieval German buildings and the competing designs for
the Cathedral, the Rciehstags-Gebiiude, and the Monument of William I.
In a separate room is the Beuth-Sehinkel Museum, containing the col¬
lections of Beuth (p. 158) and the * Works of Art left behind by Schinkel
on his decease. The latter include landscapes and architectural paintings,
architectural plans (e. g. of the Chateau Orianda in the Crimea), the
original sketches for the frescoes in the Old Museum, and designs for
theatre-decorations.
To the S. of the Zoological Garden Station rises the *Emperor
William Memorial Church (PI. G, 10), a late-Romanesque edifice
by Schwechten, erected in 1891-95. The main AV. tower, 370 ft. high,
is the loftiest building in or near Berlin. There are four smaller
towers at the angles. The choir is adorned with a dwarf arcade and
there are large rose-windows in the AV., N., and S. fagades. The
finely executed portals also merit notice. Admission, see p. 37.
Passing through the W. door we first enter the Memorial Hall
(Geddchtnis-Halle; 69 ft. long and 23 ft. wide), decorated with mosaics
by Schaper. On the ceiling are Reformers and Emperors of the first
German Empire. The frieze on the E. wall represents princes and prin¬
cesses of the Hohenzollern family; that on the W. wall depicts the her¬
oes of the campaigns of 1813 and 1870-71. The marble reliefs on the
walls are by Briitt: four are scenes from the life of Emperor William I.;
beside the main door are the Productive Class and the Military Class;
over the other doors, Biblical scenes. The centre of the mosaic pavement
is occupied by a figure of the Archangel Michael. The apses at the sides
of the vestibule are decorated with stained-glass windows, representing
(right) scenes from the life of John the Baptist, and (left) scenes from
the history of the Prophet Elijah.
The Interior of the church, which produces a handsome and spa¬
cious effect, has three galleries, supported by columns of labradorite.
It is embellished with mosaics from designs by Linnemann. On the
choir-arch appear SS. Peter and Paul, by Geselschap, above whom are
angelic musicians, by Quensen. Above the triforium gallery are five