Please note: The Guelph Treasure is currently not on display as the objects are being prepared for the future permanent exhibition.
Film
The Backstories series tells remarkable object histories about works from the collections of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. This episode is about the beautiful Alhambra dome, which the German banker and Orient connoisseur Arthur von Gwinner brought to Berlin from Granada at the end of the 19th century. The object is in the collection of the Museum of Islamic Art in the Pergamon Museum.
Video: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / art/beats
Related Links
Museum and the City: Posts about Backstories on the blog of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (German only)
Museum and the City: “Ein Garten aus Farbe im Schatten der Alhambra: Imran Qureshi im Pergamonmuseum” on the blog of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (German only)
Related online offers
Video Series: Backstories
(Video Series)
Backstories | The Princess Group in the Alte Nationalgalerie
(Film)
Backstories | Leda in the Gemäldegalerie
(Film)
Backstories | Warwick Vase
(Film)
Backstories | The Lion in the James-Simon-Galerie
(Film)
Backstories | Jean Fouquet and the Mystery of the Madonna
(Film)
Backstories | On the way to the Humboldt Forum
(Film)
Backstories | The skull of Le Moustier
(Film)
Backstories | The Adventures of the Baron of Minutoli
(Film)
Backstories | The Angel of Escalante
(Film)
Backstories | Das Norris-Fragment
(Film)
Backstories | Missie the chimpanzee
(Film)
Backstories | The Botticelli Coup
(Film)
Backstories | The Gondola in the Museum Europäischer Kulturen
(Film)
MASAA: Mschatta Lounge Interview on the Alhambra Dome
(Film)
Concert series "Mschatta Lounge": MASAA - Alhambra Dome
(Audio Track)
