About the book: House of Thurn und Taxis (2015) is the first cocktail table book on the legendary Thurn und Taxis family and their palace in Regensburg, Germany, a 500-plus room estate considered to be one of Germany's finest examples of historicist architecture.
The marriage of Gloria, Countess von Schoenburg-Glauchau, and Prince Johannes von Thurn und Taxis in 1980 was an extravagant, joyful affair. They built a life together at the sprawling, sumptuous St Emmeram Palace in Regensburg, Germany, one of the largest private residences in Europe.
For 200 years, the Thurn und Taxis family have called the palace of St Emmeram home. Regarded as one of Germany’s finest examples of historicist architecture, the Regensburg residence’s myriad rooms trace centuries of distinctive styles: a Romanesque-Gothic cloister built between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries, a neo-Renaissance marble staircase, a number of Rococo and neo-Rococo staterooms, and a Baroque library frescoed in 1737.
Princess Gloria and Prince Johannes filled many of those rooms with an art collection, including Warhols, William Gail paintings, and dozens of pieces by Jeff Koons. The resulting juxtaposition - contemporary art, on a backdrop of ornate and carefully preserved structural design - makes the palace a home like no other.
Celebrated photographer Todd Eberle captures the confluence of high art and grand architecture within the 500-plus room palace to reveal the curious tale of the Thurn und Taxis family.
Complete with stately portraits and scenes of life at St Emmeram, this monograph offers a glimpse into the world and glamour of one of the most important dynasties of the European aristocracy.
(Partial source: Architectural Digest, 16 November 2015)
About the authors/contributors: Sir John Richardson is a British art historian and Picasso biographer.
Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis is the matriarch of the princely house of the Thurn and Taxis.
André Leon Talley is an author and contributing editor of Vogue.
Alexander Count von Schoenburg is a journalist and author.
Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis is an author and writer for Vogue.
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