Raamat annab ülevaate Tartu ülikooli ansambli kujunemisloost 19. sajandi alguses ning valgustusajastu ülikooliarhitektuuri kujunemisloost Euroopas. Lisaks üldisele ülevaatele on eraldi peatükk pühendatud igale Johann Wilhelm Krause (1757-1828) projekteeritud hoonele, mida ta Tartu ülikooli ansamblisse projekteeris, Toomemäe pargile ning botaanikaaiale. Illustreeritud kokkuvõtted leiab nii hoonetele, mis 19. sajandi alguses valmis said – peahoone, raamatukogu, tähetorn, anatoomikum, kliinik, ökonoomimaja, maneež – kui ka plaanidesse jäänud projektidele nagu suplusasutus või ülikooli kirik nii Toomel kui all-linnas.

Juhan Maiste, Anu Ormisson-Lahe ja Mariann Raisma kokkuvõtlik teos põhineb pikaaegsel Krause uurimistööl, mille tulemusena on välja antud neli Krause kataloogi. Antud raamat võtab kõige terviklikumalt kokku Krause loomingu Eestis ning annab ülevaate Euroopa kõige paremini säilinud valgustusajastu ansambli kujunemisloost.

Raamat on läbivalt eesti- ja inglisekeelne.


The book gives an overview of the historical formation of the architectural ensemble of the University of Tartu during the beginning of the 19th Century. It also gives insight into the history of university architecture in Europe during the age of Enlightenment. In addition to a general overview there is a chapter devoted to every building designed as part of the university of Tartu ensemble by Johann Wilhelm Krause (1757-1828), including the park of Toome hill and the Botanical Gardens. You'll find illustrated summaries for the buildings completed at the beginning of the 19th century (main building, library, observatory, anatomical theatre, clinic building, Economist's house, manége) but also for projects that never made it past the planning stage, for instance the bathhouse or the university churches on Toome hill and in the lower town. This summarizing monography composed by Juhan Maiste, Anu Ormisson-Lahe and Mariann Raisma draws on extensive research on Krause, as a result of which four previous Krause catalogues have been published. The current book gives the most wholesome overview of Krause's creation in Estonia and examines the historical formation of the best-preserved Enlightenment ensemble in Europe.

The text in the book is parallel in English and Estonian.