Jan Santini Aichel
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Jan Blažej (Giovanni Battista) Santini Aichel | |
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Born | |
Died | 7 December 1723 | (aged 46)
Nationality | Czech (of Italian descent) |
Occupation | Architect |
Practice | Giovanni Battista Santini |
Buildings | Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk |
Jan Blažej Santini Aichel (3 February 1677 – 7 December 1723) was a Czech
Biography
He was born on the day of
Around 1696 he started to travel and gain experience. After his journey through
In 1700 Santini started to design independently and to build, which ensured his own income, he then became a member of one craft guild and founded his own construction company.
Santini married Schröder's daughter (Veronica Elisabeth) in 1707. They had four children, but all three sons died from tuberculosis at an early age; the only child left was Anna Veronika (born 1713). Santini's wife died seven years later and he remarried a South Bohemian noblewoman, Antonia Ignatia Chrapická of Mohliškovice whereby Santini was ennobled. Daughter Jana Ludmila and son Jan Ignác Rochus were born from this marriage.
Santini acquired the style of
The
Works
- Monastery Church of the Assumption of Our Lady and Saint John the Baptist in Sedlec u Kutné Hory (reconstruction, 1703–1708, World Heritage Site)
- Chapel of Saint Anne in Panenské Břežany (1705–1707)
- Pilgrimage Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary and Cistercian Provost Office in Mariánská Týnice (1707–1710)
- Convent of the Cistercian Monastery in Plasy (reconstruction, 1711–1723)
- Monastery Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary, St Wolfgang and St Benedict in Kladruby (1711)
- Monastery Church of the Nativity of Virgin Mary in Želiv (reconstruction, 1714–1720)
- Pilgrimage Křtiny(1718)
- Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk on Zelená hora in Žďár nad Sázavou (1719–1727, World Heritage Site)
- Karlova Koruna Chateau in Chlumec nad Cidlinou (1721–1723)
- Church of Saint Wenceslaus in Zvole (reconstruction)
- Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Horní Bobrová (1714)
- Church of the Visitation of Virgin Mary in Obyčtov
- Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary in Netín
- Provost Church of St Peter and Paul in Rajhrad (1721)
- Initial architect for the rebuilding of Zbraslav chateau
- Design and constructions of the Kalec chateau
- Reconstruction of Valkounsky House (No.211-III) in Prague- Malá Strana (after 1705)
Gallery
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Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk on Zelená hora, a World Heritage Site
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Ground plan of the church on Zelená hora
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Church of St. Wenceslaus in Zvole
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Monastery Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary, St Wolfgang and St Benedict in Kladruby
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Convent of the Cistercian Monastery in Plasy complex
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Interior of the Convent of the Cistercian Monastery in Plasy
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Pilgrimage Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary and Cistercian Provost Office in Mariánská Týnice
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Karlova Koruna Chateau in Chlumec nad Cidlinou
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Original 18th century drawing of Provost Church of St Peter and Paul in Rajhrad by Santini
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Stairs of the Church of the Assumption of Our Lady and Saint John the Baptist, Sedlec
References
- ^ "Abecední slovník".
- ^ Fleming, John, et al. (1972) The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
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3. KALINA, Pavel. In opere gotico unicus: The Hybrid Architecture of Jan Blazej Santini-Aichel and Patterns of Memory in Post-Reformation Bohemia.Praha: UMENI-ART 58.1 (2010): 42-+.
4. YOUNG, Michael. Santini-Aichel'S Design for the Baroque Convent at the Cistercian. New York: Columbia, 1994.
External links
- Santini-Aichel: life, work and architecture at the Wayback Machine (archived February 25, 2008)