SecondWhen Jutta Kappel picked up the microphone, it was dark in the courtyard of the Residenzschloss Stables in Dresden to sing—a few hours. But what are hours and twenty-eight years? This is how long the collaboration between the two art historians Kappel and Syndram at the Dresden Treasure Art Landscape Center Green Vault lasted, and now in the finale we finally understand the secret of their success: this is the museum μ.
In natural sciences, the Greek letter μ represents a tiny amount. Of course, this does not mean Syndram’s fame, obsession, and baroque habits. Marion Ackermann, the general manager of the Museum of Art in Dresden (SKD), had a meeting with August the Strong, the most manic Saxon collector before Syndram at the beginning of the celebration. For comparison. No, this μ (pronounced “mü”) is not only part of the effort, but also the joy of curation, Capel explained. It describes the small but decisive changes made by perfectionist Syndram to the presentation at the last second. “Syndram hasn’t passed yet”, this is always the last word of the team before the opening. The director said the last word. After Kappel’s memory, Open Mike was closed. What else should I say?
But the celebration continued until late at night in the courtyard of the stables, where the elector Christian I owned the Renaissance castle expanded by his predecessor in 1588: the old facilities of Fort George and the Chancellery and the Chancellery Building composition. Elector’s New Stables was built on behalf of Christian and “Long Gangs”, which is a narrow arcade building of more than 100 meters based on the Florence model. Upstairs, the prince set up an ancestry gallery with 46 surreal paintings by his court painter Heinrich Göding the Elder, showing real and imaginary ancestors, including Harderich, who founded the Saxon family, should be before the turn of the century. This gallery is used to connect the former castle and the new building representing the stables, so it is the hinge of the residence. It can now be handed over to the public in its newly restored and furnished splendor. Say goodbye to Syndram, how appropriate it is.
How the Ancestral Gallery became a Rifle Gallery
However, no longer as an ancestral gallery, but as a “rifle gallery”. This is the situation of the Lange Gang when the strong August died in 1733. After his son ascended to the throne, he continued his father’s plan to reorganize the electoral collection and found a new weapon collection site here. Nearly two thousand rifles and pistols finally gathered in the display cabinets on either side of the seemingly endless narrow room, with portraits of ancestors still hung in the middle. It is the room in the residence that demonstrates Prince Albertina’s claims of power in photos and actions. Because although many guns are conspicuous items and not suitable for normal use, they represent military violence. This is why the items shown here are now part of the armory.
Dirk Syndram is also its director. In 2006, in addition to serving as the head of Green Vault, he also received this position. This just confirms the long-standing unofficial fact: Sindrum is the new lord of the castle in the residence. In the previous ten years, he designed the design of the museum, and in 2006, with the opening of the historical green vault, his career reached a climax. The vault was rebuilt in the form created by the strong August . However, as early as 2004, Syndram established a “new green vault”, which is a modern benchmark display of treasures from most electoral art rooms, which he called “treasure art”. Afterwards, everyone knew that no one had a similar feeling about the connection between reconstruction and reproduction. In the next few years, Sindram and his employees created the “Turkish Chamber of Commerce”, the giant hall, and the exhibition of the “worldview and “Knowledge” and other breathtaking sectors. In the Renaissance Wing, the Baroque Parade in 2019 was recently. Here is a demonstration of what the reconstruction of the castle can do-everyone’s enthusiasm. So in Berlin you only need to look two hundred kilometers south.
