The new cathedral also known as the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is a Roman Catholic church built 1862-1924 after designs by Vincenz Statz.
Salviati decorated the apse with 24 mosaic figures.
Sources:
Wikipedia
Saint Leopold-Blatt. Volumes 1-3. 1887-89. 38.
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 122.
Pierre Bona on Wikimedia Commons
Linz Presse
Jan Lefers' flickr Photostream
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Showing posts with label Austria. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Wessely Palace, Vienna
Built in 1891 by architects Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer, this was the residence of Karl Ritter von Wessely. Wessely later became the Commander of the Imperial Military Academy of Austria from 1914 to 1915.
A decorative mosaic frieze by Salviati featuring angels and scrolls of vegetation runs under the roofline.
Sources:
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 135.
Planet Vienna
Erich Schmid on Wikimedia Commons
A decorative mosaic frieze by Salviati featuring angels and scrolls of vegetation runs under the roofline.
Sources:
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 135.
Planet Vienna
Erich Schmid on Wikimedia Commons
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Museum of Applied Arts Vienna
Founded by Emperor Franz Joseph in 1863 as the “Imperial Royal Austrian Museum of Art and Industry”, the Museum of Applied Arts (or MAK) was the first museum on the Stubenring when it opened in 1871. It is located on the northern edge of the famous Stadtpark or Viennese City Park.
Found between two gates on a wall connecting the museum to the University of Applied Arts next door, a larger than life sized Salviati mosaic of the Roman goddess Minerva (or her Greek equivalent, Athena) stands above a marble fountain. The mosaic was designed by the building's architect Heinrich von Ferstel and it was completed in 1873, the year of the Vienna World Expo where it decorated the entrance to the Italian Fine Arts Court.
Sources:
MAK Venues
MAK History
Vreni's Vienna Daily Photo
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. New York: Antique Collectors’ Club Ltd., 2008. 128.
The Building News and Engineering Journal. Vol. 36. London: E.J. Kibblewhite, 1879. 377.
Found between two gates on a wall connecting the museum to the University of Applied Arts next door, a larger than life sized Salviati mosaic of the Roman goddess Minerva (or her Greek equivalent, Athena) stands above a marble fountain. The mosaic was designed by the building's architect Heinrich von Ferstel and it was completed in 1873, the year of the Vienna World Expo where it decorated the entrance to the Italian Fine Arts Court.
Sources:
MAK Venues
MAK History
Vreni's Vienna Daily Photo
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. New York: Antique Collectors’ Club Ltd., 2008. 128.
The Building News and Engineering Journal. Vol. 36. London: E.J. Kibblewhite, 1879. 377.
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