The paper analyses vault paintings in the pilgrimage Pauline Church and the Holy Fountain Chapel in Mariatal, one of the most important pilgrimage sites of Historic Hungary, established in 1377 by king Louis I 'the Great' of Anjou. The paintings, executed in the first half of the 18th century, depicted Virgin Mary (sanctuary - later repainted during regothization) and history of the Pauline Order (nave - intact).
The article analyses a monumental vault painting by noted artist Franz Anton Maulbertsch in the Philosophical Hall of the Strahov Library depicting 'The Spiritual Development of the Mankind' (1794). The painting shows a merger of two approaches: Maulbertsch's Baroque fresco techniques and drawing techniques of his student Martin Michl, who is to be counted among the artists of Neoclassicism.
The paper examines connection between a work of literature (Albrechtscodex, before 1734) and a work of art (vault paintings in the Vienna National Library by Daniel Gran, 1726, 1730). Given that the Albrechtscodex has only a small number of continuous text passages, the part dealing with the National Library gains a great importance. The text by concettist Conrad Adolph von Albrecht differs massively from the actual outcome. It seems that it originated later than the paintings, thus showing a rather free relation between the concetto and the actual work of art in the given era.
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