St Gall Cathedral and Abbey Library (eBook)

Josef Grünenfelder, Cornel Dora (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
48 Seiten
Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte (Verlag)
978-3-03797-878-8 (ISBN)

Infos

St Gall cathedral was built in 1755–1770 as the church of the Benedictine monastery, which was dissolved in 1805. In the Middle Ages this church, erected on the site of the hermitage of St Gallus, was one of the most important monasteries in the western world. Today the Abbey Archive and Abbey Library still possess invaluable documentary evidence from that era. The Baroque monastery complex testifies to the flourishing of the prince-abbey in the 17th and 18th centuries. The church, like the adjacent abbey library, built after the plans of Peter Thumb and decorated by the best South German artists of the day, forms the monumental conclusion of a long series of Baroque abbey churches realised by Vorarlberg master builders. St Gall’s abbey district is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the collections of the Abbey Library and Archive are included in the UNESCO World Documentary Heritage List.

Inhalt

General and Architectural History up to the New Construction of the Abbey Church in the 18th century 4
- The cell of St Gallus
- The Benedictine monastery
- A short history of the Abbey Church of St Gall
- Architectural history up to the Baroque era

Architectural History and Fortunes of the Baroque Abbey Church
- Construction of the nave and the rotunda 1755–1757
- Artistic decoration 1757–1760
- Construction of the choir from 1761 onwards
- Decoration of the choir
- Structural alterations after the dissolution of the monastery in 1805
- Renovation and restoration phases

Exterior of the Abbey Church
- The double tower façade
- Floor plan and exterior

Tour of the Interior
- Inside the church
- Ceiling paintings and stucco work
- Furnishings and fittings
- The crypts
- The sacristies and church treasure

Abbey Library
- A brief history of the Abbey Library
- The Baroque Abbey Library 1758–1784

Appendix

Layout plan

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.12.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Schlagworte: Abbey • Benedictine monastery • Cathedral • Library • St Gall • UNESCO
• ISBN-10: 3-03797-878-3 / 3037978783
• ISBN-13: 978-3-03797-878-8 / 9783037978788