DER CHOR VON ST. MORITZ IN OLMÜTZ (OLOMOUC) IM SPANNUNGSFELD ARCHITEKTURGESCHICHTLICHER ERFINDUNGEN DES MITTELEUROPÄISCHEN SPÄTMITTELALTELTERS. ALTE BEOBACHTUNGEN UND NEUE ERKENNTNISSE

• Authors: Morawitz Sophie

Title variants

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Choir of St Maurice in Olomouc in the interplay of architectural innovations of the late medieval Central Europe. Old observations and new results

• Languages of publication: DE

Abstracts

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The reconstruction of St Maurice in Olomouc was one of the most important building projects in late medieval Moravia. The research assumes that the work began in 1415 and continued, with several interruptions, into the late of the 15th century. This paper wants to critically examine the dating of the choir as an eastern part of the parish church between 1453 and 1483/1492. It approaches the building enterprise with a detailed analysis of the stylistic, typological and archaeological findings and highlights the dynamics behind the outlined designs. Especially the ambitious and, for this region, unusual designs share far-reaching artistic connections with important centres such as Wrocław, Brno and Vienna. Therefore, this paper proposes that the project`s exceptional value is imbedded in Central Europe’s architectural history.

Keywords

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ST MAURICE OLOMOUC; MORAVIA; STAGGERED CHOIR; VIENNA; CENTRAL EUROPE; WROCŁAW; ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Institute of History of Art, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: ARS
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 173 – 194

Contributors

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Morawitz Sophie

• Johann Földesgasse 5, A-7203 Wiesen, Austria