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Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (Czech: Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer) (1 September 1689 – December 18, 1751) was a Bohemian[1] architect Baroque era. He was the fifth son of the German architect Christoph Dientzenhofer and Bohemian mother[2] and a member of the well known Dientzenhofer family of architects. As an architect he co-operated with his father and with Giovanni Santini.
Among Dientzenhofer's buildings are the Church of St. John of Nepomuk, the Church of St. Nicholas, and the Vila Amerika and Goltz-Kinsky Palace in Prague. He also built numerous churches and secular buildings in other towns of Bohemia. Many of his later projects were realized by his pupil and son-in-law Anselmo Martino Lurago.
[edit] Projects
St Nicholas Church. Old Town Square, Prague
St. Magdalene Church. Karlovy Vary
[edit] In Prague
- Vila Amerika, Nové Město (1717–1720), nowadays Antonín Dvořák museum
- Convent of Benedictine Monastery in Břevnov (about 1717)
- St. John Nepomuk church in Hradčany, Kanovnická str. (1720–28)
- Redesign of st. Loreto (Loreta) in Hradčany (1723)
- Baroque redesign of church st. Thomas (sv. Tomáše) in Malá Strana (1725-31)
- Villa Portheimka in Smíchov, Štefánikova str. (1725)
- Church of st. John Nepomuk, Vyšehradská str. (1730–39)
- St. Bartholomew church in the Old Town (1731)
- St. Nicholas church on Old Town Square (1732–35)
- Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Resslova str. (1730–40)
- Completion of St. Nicholas (sv. Mikuláše) church in Malá Strana (1737–51)
- Goltz-Kinsky Palace on Old Town Square (1755–65)
- Piccolomini Palace (Savarin), Na Příkopě 10 (1743–51)
[edit] Outside of Prague
- All Saints Church in Heřmánkovice (1722–26)
- St. Magdalena Church in Karlovy Vary (1729–1730)
- Castle Ploskovice near Litoměřice
- Castle Meziměstí near Broumov
- Church of st. Clement in Odolena Voda (1733–35)
- St. Vaclav monastery in Broumov (1727–35)
- Many churches around Broumov
- Cistercian monastery Plasy (1739)
[edit] Literature
- Milada Vilimkova, Johannes Brucker: Dientzenhofer. Eine bayerische Baumeisterfamilie in der Barockzeit. Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, ISBN 3-475-52610-7
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Bd. 3, S. 650-51
- Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte der böhmischen Länder, Band I., S. 247-248, ISBN 3-486-44051-9
- Hans Zimmer: Die Dientzenhofer. Ein bayerisches Baumeistergeschlecht in der Zeit des Barock. Rosenheim 1976
- Joachim Bahlcke u. a.: Handbuch der historischen Stätten Böhmen und Mähren, Kröner-Verlag, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-520-32901-8
- Dehio-Handbuch der Kunstdenkmäler in Polen Schlesien, München / Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-422-03109-x
- Erhard Gorys: DuMont Kunst-Reiseführer Tschechische Republik, ISBN 3-7701-2844-3
- Knaurs Kunstführer Tschechische Republik, ISBN 3-426-26609-1
- Tichy, Franz: Studie zu Sakralbauten des Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer. München 1996, ISBN 3-88073-519-0
[edit] References
- ^ Jiroutek, Jiří; Miloš Kruml, Martin Kubelík (200ř). Historická architektura : Věda, výzkum, praxe: sborník k poctě Milana Pavlíka. Jalna, 131. ISBN 80-901743-1-0.
- ^ Jiroutek, Jiří; Miloš Kruml, Martin Kubelík (200ř). Historická architektura : Věda, výzkum, praxe: sborník k poctě Milana Pavlíka. Jalna, 131. ISBN 80-901743-1-0.
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| Persondata |
| NAME |
Dientzenhofer, Kilian Ignaz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES |
Dientzenhofer, Kilián Ignác |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION |
Bohemian architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH |
1689-09-01 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH |
Prague, Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH |
1751-12-18 |
| PLACE OF DEATH |
Prague, Bohemia |
