#reichstag

1. Bundesrat boardroom; 2. Bundesrat boardroom; 3. Dining room; 4. Refreshment room; 5. South entrance hall doorway; 6. South entrance hall; 7. East entrance hall; 8. Anteroom of the Federal Council; 9. Assembly hall, imperial lodge; 10. Assembly hall

Christo (Bulgarian/American, 1935-2020), Wrapped Reichstag (Project for Berlin), 1986. Charcoal, pastel, wax crayon and graphite on paper mounted on board, in Plexiglas box, 65 x 41 3⁄4 in.

Reichstag, Bundestag glass dome, 1999 by the architect Sir Norman Foster, Berlin, Germany.

The monumental interiors of the German Reichstag in Berlin shortly after its completion in the late nineteenth century, recording the building's original decorative program before later alterations, wartime destruction, and postwar reconstruction. Produced with large-format view cameras using glass dry-plate negatives, they exhibit exceptional geometric accuracy, tonal range, and fine detail, allowing intricate stone carving, woodwork, murals, and sculptural ornament to be reproduced with remarkable fidelity.

They stormed the Reichstag (from left to right): Konstantin Samsonov, Meliton Kantaria, Mikhail Egorov, Ilya Syanov, Stepan Neustroyev by the Banner of Victory. May 1945. Photo by: Anatoly Arkhipov.

Illuminated Reichstag, in memory of "Wrapped Reichstag" by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 1995.

Soviet soldiers watch as the Reichstag burns during their assault of Berlin - May 1945