Johann Blasius Santini-Aichl
Johann Blasius Santini-Aich [e] l (also: Giovanni Santini-Aich [e] l ; Czech: Jan Blažej Santini-Aichel ; * February 3, 1677 in Prague ; † December 7, 1723 ibid) was a Bohemian architect and painter of the late baroque .
Family and work
Johann Santini-Aichl came from a stonemason family who immigrated to Bohemia from Cadempino around 1650 . He probably received his training as a painter from Christian Schröder . The following years of traveling took him to Holland , England , Italy and Vienna . In 1699 he returned to Prague. In 1703 he settled permanently in Prague as a builder and in 1705 acquired Prague citizenship. In 1707 he married the daughter of his now deceased teacher Christian Schröder, Veronika Elisabeth († 1720). After her death he went into a second marriage with Antonia Ignatia, a sister of the Prague cathedral provost Zdenko Georg Chřepicky von Modlischowitz.
His clients were mainly church institutions and aristocratic families from Bohemia and Moravia , including the Cistercian monastery Zbraslav and its abbot Wolfgang Lochner OCist . Alongside Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer , he was one of the outstanding builders of the Bohemian late baroque . In his buildings he combined baroque and Gothic style elements and thus created the architectural style known as Baroque Gothic .
After his death at the age of only 46, some of his buildings remained unfinished. There is a memorial for him in the stables of the former Cistercian monastery in Saar an der Sazau .
Objects that are a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Sedlec Monastery in Kuttenberg : Monastery church (1703–1710; together with Paul Ignaz Bayer )
- Pilgrimage Church of Zelená Hora : Church of St. John of Nepomuk (1720-22)
Other works
In Prague
- Morzin-Palais (today: Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Nostic Palais ( Nostický palác )
- SCHÖNBORN-Palais ( Schönbornský palác )
- Thun Hohenstein Palace
- St. Gallus Church ( Kostel svatého Havla ): entrance facade
- Church of St. Maria Himmelfahrt and Emperor Charlemagne, Karlshof : Baroque interior design
In other places
- Bad Bielohrad : conversion of the fort into a baroque palace.
- Karlova Koruna Castle ( together with Franz Maximilian Kaňka ).
- Humpolec : Baroque reconstruction of the deanery church St. Nikolai.
- Jaroměřice Castle : Church of the erection of the cross.
- Pilgrimage Church Křtiny : plans for the pilgrimage church.
- Kladruby Monastery : Monastery Church of St. Mary.
- Königgrätz : former Jesuit college ( together with Paul Ignaz Bayer ); Back of the episcopal residence.
- Pilgrimage Church of Mariánská Týnice .
- Zbraslav Cistercian Monastery : Convent building ( completed by Franz Maximilian Kaňka ).
- Kopidlno : Church of St. Jacob.
- Plasy Monastery : Baroque transformation of the monastery complex and plans for the convent building ( completed by Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer ).
- Rajhrad Abbey : monastery complex.
- Radešín , reconstruction of the chateau, 1706–1710.
- Saar an der Sazau : From 1706 renovation of the monastery church of the Assumption.
- Seelau Monastery : After 1712, the monastery church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary and the monastery buildings were baroque.
- Zelená Hora pilgrimage church : built between 1719–1722.
- Střílky , Okres Kroměříž : cemetery chapel.
literature
in order of appearance
- Margarete Braun-Ronsdorf: Aichel, Johann Santin the Younger. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 115 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Viktor Kotrba: Česká barokní gotika - dílo Jana Santiniho-Aichla . Academia, Prague 1976.
- Jan Sedlák: Jan Blažej Santini - setkání baroku s gotikou . Vyšehrad, Prague 1987.
- Helene Trottmann: Pseudo-Gothic of the Baroque in Bohemia. Observations on Giovanni Santini Aichel's church building in Kladrau . In: Silvia Glaser, Andrea M. Kluxen (eds.): Musis et litteris. Festschrift for Bernhard Rupprecht on his 65th birthday . Fink, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-7705-2859-X , pp. 205-221.
- Harriet Brinkmöller-Gandlau: Johann Blasius Santini-Aichl. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 8, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-053-0 , Sp. 1339-1342.
- Mojmír Horyna: JB Santini-Aichel - Život a dílo . Karolinum, Praha 1998, ISBN 80-7184-664-3 .
- Joachim Bahlcke , Winfried Eberhard, Miloslav Polívka (eds.): Handbook of historical places . Volume: Bohemia and Moravia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 329). Kröner, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-520-32901-8 .
- Hans Lemberg , Ralph Melville, Heribert Sturm (Ed.): Biographical Lexicon for the History of the Bohemian Countries , Vol. 3: N - Sch . Oldenbourg, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-486-55973-7 , p. 592.
- Fritz Barth: Santini - A master builder of the baroque in Bohemia . Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2004, ISBN 3-7757-1468-5 .
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Johann Blasius Santini-Aichl in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Andrea Diener : The man who reconciled Gothic and Baroque. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine. Retrieved December 28, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andrea Diener: The man who reconciled Gothic and Baroque . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of November 2, 2017, p. R1.
- ↑ Jitka Mládková: descendant of Italian artisans in Prague: Santini and the Baroque Gothic , Radio Prague , January 11, 2014 accessed on January 6, 2018th
- ^ Helene Trottmann: Pseudo-Gothic of the Baroque in Bohemia. Observations on Giovanni Santini Aichel's church building in Kladrau . In: Silvia Glaser, Andrea M. Kluxen (eds.): Musis et litteris . Fink, Munich 1993, pp. 205-221, here p. 205.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Santini-Aichl, Johann Blasius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Santini-Aichel, Johann Blasius; Santini-Aichel, Jan Blažej (Czech) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | bohemian architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1677 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 7, 1723 |
| Place of death | Prague |