Publication details
Die Idee der josephinischen Residenz: Die Architekten Isidore Marcel Ganneval und Johann Christoph Fabich in Mährisch Kromau
| Title in English | The idea of the Josephine residence: The architects Marcel Isidore Ganneval and Johann Christoph Fabich in Mährisch Kromau (Moravský Krumlov) |
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Opuscula historiae artium |
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| Web | Digitální knihovna FF |
| Field | Art, architecture, cultural heritage |
| Keywords | Moravský Krumlov - chateau; Isidore Ganneval (Canevale); Johann Christoph Fabich; architectural plans; princes of Liechtenstein; early neo classicism |
| Description | In 1772 Moravský Krumlov became the seat of an aristocratic residence after a lengthy break. Prince Karl I von Liechtenstein (1730-1789) and his wife Maria Eleonora , née Princess von Oettingen - Spielberg (1745-1812) established here the junior princely dynastic line . The adaptations resulting in the new princely residence were thus able to become a manifestation of “Josephine” courtly taste. It was only the chance discovery of the plans in the collections of the central workplace of the National Heritage Institute in Prague that has enabled us to have an almost complete idea of the course of the building work in 1772-1789. The article publishes eighteen plans, drawn up partly by the director of the Liechtenstein building office, Johann Christoph Fabich , partly by the court architect Isidore Ganneval. Gannevals inventiveness can be seen above all in the spatial design of the interiors of the first floor of the chateau. On the facades, by contrast, Fabichs flat, drily decorative style predominated. In the second phase of the adaptations in Moravský Krumlov a greater change in the stylistic emphasis gradually occured. Gannevals high quality projects for the chapel and great hall anticipate by almost two decades the work of Louis Montoyer, in which he introduced the new Classicism into the imperial court in Vienna. The article is devoted to the birthday anniversary of prof. Hellmut Lorenz (Wien). |