Fischer von Erlach - výstava ve vídeňském Městském muzeu
Navrhování historické architektury
In December of last year, a major reconstruction of the City Museum was completed at Vienna's Karlsplatz according to the winning competition design by Čertov, Winkler+Ruck Architekten, who added a glass entrance pavilion and a brutalist roof extension to the original modernist building (Oswald Haerdtl, 1959), where temporary exhibitions will be held. The first temporary exhibition in this concrete rooftop black box opened on February 1, 2024, dedicated to the Baroque architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, whose death last year marked three hundred years. It would be hard to find a more suitable place to present Fischer's work, as the museum is located in close proximity to the Karl Borromeo Church (1713-37), which is considered one of the most significant Baroque buildings in Austria and, alongside St. Stephen's Cathedral, constitutes one of the most noticeable landmarks in Vienna. Furthermore, the museum's rooftop terrace offers a completely new view of this Baroque church.
In Austria, the three-hundredth anniversary was commemorated last year with an international symposium and an exhibition at the Salzburg City Museum, curated by Peter Husty. The current exhibition at the Vienna City Museum is managed by curator Andreas Nierhaus. Fischer's work was last presented to a similar extent nearly seventy years ago. The current exhibition also brings results from new research and places historical works in a contemporary artistic context. On this occasion, two publications have been released: a more than three-hundred-page book by two Austrian historians Andreas Niehaus and Peter Husty with current photographs by Werner Feiersinger (capturing Fischer's work from a sculptural perspective) published by the Vienna publisher Residenz, and a second magnificent volume with texts by Swiss historian Werner Oechslin published by the Basel publisher Colmena. The first publication provides insights from two dozen experts on Fischer's peak Baroque work, while the second book introduces the theoretical side, including ninety lesser-known engravings Design of Historical Architecture first published in 1721, which Fischer worked on for a long sixteen years and dedicated to Charles VI of Habsburg.
Fischer von Erlach's work is mostly associated with Salzburg, where he worked for the local archbishop, but primarily with Vienna, where he designed for the imperial court. Surprisingly, a significant number of Fischer's buildings can also be found in Czech territory, where his work was commissioned by prominent families such as the Althanns, who had an ancestral hall and chapel built at their castle in Vranov nad Dyjí, Prince Karl Eusebius of Liechtenstein, who commissioned stables and a riding school at the castle in Lednice, or Count Jan Václav Gallas, for whom Fischer designed a palace in Prague's Old Town. Smaller realizations include the Parnassus fountain in Brno's Zelný trh, the tombstone of Count Jan Václav Vratislav of Mitrovic in Prague's St. James's Church, or the monstrance of the Prague Sun in the Loreto area in Hradčany.
Fischer's creations range from extensive palace complexes to small garden pavilions or decorative objects. His buildings referred to antiquity, which he became intimately familiar with during his fifteen-year stay in Rome (1671-86). His designs catered to the contemporary ideas of representativeness, where tradition played an important role, yet they managed to be unmistakably modern. The exhibition at the Vienna City Museum will be accessible until the end of April.
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In Austria, the three-hundredth anniversary was commemorated last year with an international symposium and an exhibition at the Salzburg City Museum, curated by Peter Husty. The current exhibition at the Vienna City Museum is managed by curator Andreas Nierhaus. Fischer's work was last presented to a similar extent nearly seventy years ago. The current exhibition also brings results from new research and places historical works in a contemporary artistic context. On this occasion, two publications have been released: a more than three-hundred-page book by two Austrian historians Andreas Niehaus and Peter Husty with current photographs by Werner Feiersinger (capturing Fischer's work from a sculptural perspective) published by the Vienna publisher Residenz, and a second magnificent volume with texts by Swiss historian Werner Oechslin published by the Basel publisher Colmena. The first publication provides insights from two dozen experts on Fischer's peak Baroque work, while the second book introduces the theoretical side, including ninety lesser-known engravings Design of Historical Architecture first published in 1721, which Fischer worked on for a long sixteen years and dedicated to Charles VI of Habsburg.
Fischer von Erlach's work is mostly associated with Salzburg, where he worked for the local archbishop, but primarily with Vienna, where he designed for the imperial court. Surprisingly, a significant number of Fischer's buildings can also be found in Czech territory, where his work was commissioned by prominent families such as the Althanns, who had an ancestral hall and chapel built at their castle in Vranov nad Dyjí, Prince Karl Eusebius of Liechtenstein, who commissioned stables and a riding school at the castle in Lednice, or Count Jan Václav Gallas, for whom Fischer designed a palace in Prague's Old Town. Smaller realizations include the Parnassus fountain in Brno's Zelný trh, the tombstone of Count Jan Václav Vratislav of Mitrovic in Prague's St. James's Church, or the monstrance of the Prague Sun in the Loreto area in Hradčany.
Fischer's creations range from extensive palace complexes to small garden pavilions or decorative objects. His buildings referred to antiquity, which he became intimately familiar with during his fifteen-year stay in Rome (1671-86). His designs catered to the contemporary ideas of representativeness, where tradition played an important role, yet they managed to be unmistakably modern. The exhibition at the Vienna City Museum will be accessible until the end of April.
More information >
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