Architect

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach was an Austrian architect, sculptor, engraver, and architectural historian whose Baroque architecture profoundly influenced and shaped the tastes of the Habsburg Empire. His influential book A Plan of Civil and Historical Architecture (1721) was one of the first and most popular comp…

1656-1723

Austrian

Vienna, Vienna, Austria

church sacred space tower cathedral museum library civic building building

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Church in Salzburg, Austria

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Life: 1656-1723

Nationality: Austrian

Base: Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Corpus work span: 701 to 1730

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Innere Stadt3 Salzburg3 Hietzing1 Josefstadt1 Karlín1 Leopoldstadt1

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Austria14 Czech Republic2 Poland1

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17 works across 6 linked cities and 3 linked countries.

Leading typologies: building · church · sacred space

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Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach

studio · Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Role: founder

Years: 1690

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