03 — ARTWORK
Bombebøssen: view of the façade
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Bombebøssen is a property overlooking the Christianshavn Canal in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of central Copenhagen. It was built by the charity Sømandsstiftelsen Bombebøssen (Seamen's Foundation Bombebøssen) to provide housing for indigent seamen.
The building on Overgaden was designed by Thorvald Bindesbøll. It is built in red brick and consists of three storeys and a cellar. The façadethe front or principal face of a building, especially one elaborately constructed; a blind façade is a façade that is purely decorative and does not relate to the structure of the building. features an embedded bomb above the gate and a bas-relieflow relief, a sculptured relief in which the desighn stands out only a little from the background. of the founder created by the sculptor Otto Evens (1826-1895). The well-proportioned red-brick building is an example of classicalRelating to the culture of ancient Greece and Rome (classical Antiquity). The classical world played a profoundly important role in the Renaissance, with Italian scholars, writers, and artists seeing their own period as the rebirth (the "renaissance") of classical values after the Middle Ages. The classical world was considered the golden age for the arts, literature, philosophy, and politics. Concepts of the classical, however, changed greatly from one period to the next. Roman literature provided the starting point in the 14th century, scholars patiently finding, editing and translating a wide range of texts. In the 15th century Greek literature, philosophy and art - together with the close study of the remains of Roman buildings and sculptures-expanded the concept of the classical and ensured it remained a vital source of ideas and inspiration. simplicity.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Bombebøssen: view of the façade by BINDESBØLL, Thorvald},
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date = {2026-09-13},
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}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
