Giovanni Maria Philippi

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Matthias Gate in Prague Castle

Giovanni Maria Philippi (Italian Giovanni Maria Filippi ) (* around 1565 in Dasindo / Trentino, † after 1630 in Brno ) was an Austro-Italian architect and builder of Mannerism and early Baroque in Bohemia and Moravia and an imperial court architect in Prague .

Life

Philippi came from Dasindo, OT of Comano Terme in Trentino . His parents were Bartolomeo Philippi and his wife Pasqua. He first learned the profession of stonemason and sculptor in Innsbruck and Trento . With his wife Biaggio di Francesco Olivieri, married since 1595, he had three children: the son Antonio (* 1596), the daughter Maria (* 1600) and the son Rodolfo (* 1606). In 1600 the family moved to Rome where he studied architecture. In the years 1602–1616 he worked in Prague as court builder and imperial architect for Rudolf II and Emperor Matthias , he lived with his family at the Prague Castle . At the baptism of his son Rodolfo in 1606 in Prague's St. Vitus Cathedral , a deputy of the godfather Emperor Rudolf II was also present. His son-in-law Giovanni Oliviero de Olivieri was involved in Philippi's building projects (for example the stables) as a plasterer . In Prague, Philippi was responsible for all construction work on the Prague Castle and in the gardens, as well as for the royal castles in Central Bohemia near Prague, e.g. B. in Brandýs, Lysá and Přerov on the Elbe.

His design of the Matthias Gate (1614) in the form of a triumphal arch as the original west entrance to Prague Castle is an excellent example of early Prague Baroque. Along with Paolo della Stella († 1552), Bonifaz Wohlmut (1510–1579), Ulrico Aostalli de Sala (around 1525–1597) and Giovanni Gargiolli († 1608), he was one of the most important Renaissance architects at the imperial court in Prague. Philippi is a typical representative of the Rudolfin Mannerist architecture and was raised to the nobility by the emperor in 1610.

Philippi also worked in Prague for the aristocracy and the city, especially in Prague Castle and Prague's Lesser Town . In the years 1610–1611 he traveled to Rome and Munich . In November 1616 he was accused of embezzling building materials in court, after which he left Prague. From 1617 he worked in Moravia and then lived in Brno , where he received town charter in 1619 and bought a house for his family near the Jesuit Church of the Assumption of the Virgin. In the service of Karl von Liechtenstein , from 1621 he designed plans for the pilgrimage church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary in Vranov near Brno with the burial place for the Liechtenstein family in the crypt of this church. He was also involved in building a villa for Karl von Liechtenstein in Eisgrub . He also created the design for the Moravská Třebová castle for Ladislav Velen von Zerotein . In 1620 an order for Ladislaus von Schleinitz is documented.

Projects

Giovanni Maria Philippi was involved in the designs for the following buildings, where he, as court builder, made the changes for major projects according to the wishes of the emperor and then left the construction to the specially selected builders.

  • Reconstruction of the Gothic church of Santa Maria Assunta in Dasindo (1596), including expansion of the crossing with the construction of domes, redesign of the facades, gables and the new portal (signed by him)
  • Parish Church of St. Roch in Prague-Strahov (1602–1611)
  • Court stables (Marstall) and Spanish Hall on the 1st floor above the stables in the 2nd courtyard at Prague Castle (1602–1606), built by Philippi according to a design by Giovanni Gargioli
  • Imperial House (Císařský dům) No. 290 for Rudolf II. In Plzeň (Pilsen), nám. Republiky, next to the town hall (1606–1607)
  • Castle in Brandýs nad Labem (Brandeis on the Elbe)
  • Castle in Přerov nad Labem (Prerow on the Elbe)
  • Lysá nad Labem Castle (Lissa on the Elbe)
  • Benátky nad Jizerou Castle (Benatek)
  • Chlumec nad Cidlinou Castle (Chlumetz an der Cidlina)
  • Pheasantry below Prague Castle (1604)
  • Mill in Prague-Bubeneč
  • Reconstruction of the court church of the Assumption in Neuburg an der Donau
  • Augustinian Hermit Convent of St. Catherine in the New Town of Prague
  • New construction of the Augustinian Hermit Monastery of St. Thomas on Prague's Lesser Town
  • Reconstruction of the Hofburg in Innsbruck (1611)
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Trinity on the Lesser Town of Prague (1611–1613), the first baroque church in Prague, this was converted into the Catholic Church of Mary of Victory in 1624 with the Carmelite monastery
  • Evangelical Salvator Church of the Bohemian Brothers in Prague's Old Town on the Old Town Square (1611-1614)
  • Mourning catafalk ( Castrum doloris ) for Emperor Rudolf II in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague (1612)
  • Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Stará Boleslav (1613), built 1613–1625 by Jacopo de Vaccani from Porlezza
  • New construction of the Church of the Assumption in Arco in Trentino, construction began in 1613, consecration in 1671
  • Matthias Gate (1614), now the entrance facade to the second courtyard of Prague Castle
  • Former town hall of the Lesser Town in Prague, now Malostranská beseda (1616 project), built 1617–1620 by Giovanni Maria Bussi de Campione
  • Moravská Třebová Castle
  • Pilgrimage church with crypt - burial chapel of the Liechtenstein family in Vranov (Wranau near Brno), construction work 1621–1630 by Andrea Erna

Picture gallery

A selection of buildings in which GA Philippi was involved with designs.

  • Parish church Dasindo in Trentino

  • Church of the Assumption in Arco in Trentino

  • Church of St. Roch in Prague Strahov

  • Court stables and Spanish hall in the 2nd courtyard of Prague Castle

  • Brandýs nad Labem Castle

  • Přerov nad Labem Castle

  • Lysá nad Labem Castle

  • Benátky nad Jizerou Castle

  • Church of the Assumption in Stará Boleslav

  • Imperial house in Pilsen

  • Evang. Church of St. Trinity, now cath. Church of Mary of Victory in Prague

  • Evangelical Salvator Church in Prague

  • Hofkirche Neuburg on the Danube

  • Moravská Třebová Castle

literature

  • Pavel Price: Italští umělci v Praze. (Italian artist in Prague). Panorama, Prague 1986.
  • Pavel Vlček (ed.): Encyklopedie architektů, stavitelů, zedníků a kamíků v Čechách. (Lexicon of architects, builders, masons and stonemasons in the Czech Republic). Academia, Praha 2004, ISBN 80-200-0969-8 .
  • Tomáš Valeš: Giovanni Maria Filippi nei paesi boemi. (Giovanni Maria Philippi in the Bohemian Lands). In: Romano Turrini: La fabbrica della Collegiata. 2013, ISBN 978-88-908938-2-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Filippi Giovanni Maria (English) (accessed February 18, 2017)
  2. ↑ Filippi, Giovanni Maria - Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (Italian) (accessed on February 18, 2017)
  3. ↑ ArchInform - Matthiastor (Hradschin) (accessed on February 18, 2017)
  4. ↑ Prostor architektura (Czech) (accessed February 18, 2017)
  5. ↑ Late Renaissance in Prague (Czech) (accessed February 18, 2017)
  6. ↑ Corriere delle Alpi - Santa Maria Assunta, Dasindo (Italian) (accessed on February 18, 2017)
  7. ↑ RDK-Labor Fasanerie (accessed on February 18, 2017)
  8. ↑ Leporelo-Info Filippi Giovanni Maria with reference to Otto's encyclopedia (Czech) (accessed on February 18, 2017)
  9. ↑ Chiesa Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta. Arco (Italian) (accessed February 18, 2017)

Remarks

  1. ↑ The spelling "Philippi" was chosen according to the information in ArchInform deu.archinform.net
personal data
SURNAME Philippi, Giovanni Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Filippi, Giovanni Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-Italian architect and builder of Mannerism and Early Baroque in Bohemia and Moravia and imperial court architect in Prague
DATE OF BIRTH around 1565
PLACE OF BIRTH Dasindo / Trentino
DATE OF DEATH after 1630
Place of death Brno