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Josef Jáchym Redelmayer
Josef Jáchym Redelmayer (20 April 1727 - 13 February 1788) was a Czech painter, fresco painter and theater decorator during the late Rococo period. Life Born in Prague, as a seventeen-year-old Redelmayer began painting decorations for the Prague Theatre. For his talent and hard work he gained the favor of a local painter; he studied with him and became one of his best pupils. He was influenced by the decorative style of the Berlin painter G. Galli-Bibiena. He created paintings for the refectory in Doksany (before 1760). Redelmayer worked for the monastery until the Josephinian interference. He died on 13 February 1788 in Prague. Works Only a few works of his are known to have survived. He is known for a painting of St. Libor in Prague with the Charles Brothers of Charity (1771), and frescoes in the church. He also worked together with Joseph Hager to decorate the hall and chapel in the castle of Bečvář (1774), and the frescoes in the Church of Our Lady in Prague Auxiliar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rococo
Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, and ''trompe-l'œil'' frescoes to create surprise and the illusion of motion and drama. It is often described as the final expression of the Baroque movement. The Rococo style began in France in the 1730s as a reaction against the more formal and geometric Louis XIV style. It was known as the "style Rocaille", or "Rocaille style". It soon spread to other parts of Europe, particularly northern Italy, Austria, southern Germany, Central Europe and Russia. It also came to influence the other arts, particularly sculpture, furniture, silverware, glassware, painting, music, and theatre. Although originally a secular style primarily used for interiors of private residences, the Rococo had a spiritual aspect to it which led to its widespread use in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate oceanic climate, with relatively warm summers and chilly winters. Prague is a political, cultural, and economic hub of central Europe, with a rich history and Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architectures. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV (r. 1346–1378). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city played major roles in the Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history as the capital of Czechoslovakia between the World Wars and the post-war Communist era. Prague is home to a number of well-known cultural attractions, many of which survived the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Theatre (Prague)
The National Theatre ( cs, Národní divadlo) in Prague is known as the alma mater of Czech opera, and as the national monument of History of the Czech Republic, Czech history and art. The National Theatre belongs to the most important Czech cultural institutions, with a rich artistic tradition, which helped to preserve and develop the most important features of the nation–the Czech language and a sense for a Czech musical and dramatic way of thinking. Today the National Theatre consists of three artistic ensembles: opera, National Theatre Ballet (Prague), ballet and drama. They alternate in their performances in the historic building of the National Theatre, in the Theatre of the Estates and in the Kolowrat Theatre. All three artistic ensembles select their repertoire both from Culture of the Czech Republic, classical heritage, and modern authors. Initial design and construction, 1844 to 1881 The cornerstone of the National Theatre was laid on 16 May 1868, but the idea of b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galli Da Bibiena Family
The Galli–Bibiena family, or Galli da Bibiena (also spelled "Bibbiena"), was a family of Italian artists of the 17th and 18th centuries, including: "Ferdinando Galli Bibiena Online" (overview), John Malyon, ''Artcyclopedia'', 2005, Artcyclopedia.com webpage: "Bibiena, Galli da, Family" (history), ''Encyclopædia Britannica Online'', 18-November-2006, Britannica.com webpage: EB-Bibienas Galli de Bibiena collection at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, webpage: "Baroque Scenography: The Galli Bibiena Family" "Galli–Bibiena, Ferdinando" (history), ''Encyclopedia of Austria'', 2006, Aeiou-Austria webpage: : has dates, Farnese dynasty, travel to Barcelona for Karl VI. "Artists' Biographies: Galli–Bibiena alli da Bibiena" ''artnet - The art world online'', NY, 2006, webpage: an-GBibiena ("artnet" is a trademark of artnet Worldwide Corporation). * father, Giovanni Maria Galli da Bibiena (1625–1665) * daughter Maria Oriana Galli Bibiena (1656 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doksany
Doksany (german: Doxan) is a municipality and village in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. History The oldest settlement dates back between 4500 and 2500 BC. In 1993, archaeologists discovered more ancient buildings and settlements that dated back to the same period of time. The first written mention of Doksany is from 1151 by chronicler Vincencius, who wrote about the Doksany convent. It was probably founded in 1144 by Gertrude of Babenberg and Vladislaus II as the second convent in the kingdom. Geography Doksany is located about south of Litoměřice, south of Ústí nad Labem, and northwest of Prague. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the Lower Eger Table. It lies on the right bank of the Ohře river, which forms the western municipal border. Climate During the June 2019 European heat wave, Doksany broke the record for the hottest temperature in June in the Czech Republic. The Czech Hydrome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Volotsky
Joseph Volotsky — also known as Joseph of Volotsk or Joseph of Volokolamsk (russian: Ио́сиф Во́лоцкий); secular name Ivan Sanin (russian: Ива́н Са́нин) (1439 or 1440 – September 9, 1515) — was a prominent Russian theologian and early proponent of tsarist autocracy, who led the party defending monastic landownership. The Russian Orthodox Church considers him a saint (along with his most notable opponent, Nilus of Sora); his memory is celebrated on 9 September and 18 October (dates in the Julian Calendar). Background Joseph Volotsky came from a family of a wealthy landowner (a '' votchinnik'') whose property consisted of the Yazvishche village in the Principaity of Volokolamsk, Moscow Oblast. He learned to read and write at the local monastery and then took the tonsure at the Borovsk Monastery in 1459. Upon the death of its abbot, St. Paphnutius of Borovsk, Joseph Volotsky took his place and attempted to introduce a strict monastic charter.David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Hager
Joseph Hager (Milan, April 30, 1757 – Milan, June 27, 1819) was an Austrian Linguistics, linguist, Lexicography, lexicographer, Orientalism, orientalist, writer and Academy, academic naturalized Italian. Biography He was born in Milan from Giuseppe and Marianna Tyher from a family of Vienna, Viennese origin, at the age of ten was sent to Vienna to study Languages of Asia, Oriental languages at the K.k. Akademie für Orientalische Sprachen, founded in 1754 to prepare diplomatic personnel to be sent to the East. He became professor of Arabic language at the University of Vienna. He then continued his studies at the University of Pavia where, in 1783, he obtained a Theology, doctorate in Theology, joining the Friars Minor Reformers and moving to Rome at the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, where he began to interest and study the Chinese language. In 1788 he was called to settle the dispute over some documents forged by the monk and scholar . From his travels in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
