Abstract
In 1719 Johann Philips Franz von Schönborn became prince-bishop of Würzburg (Franconia), part of the Habsburg empire, and decided to replace the small schloss by a new and relocated residence, for which the court architect Balthasar Neumann (1687–1753) drafted the first designs. The ideas for a new residence and its situation were discussed at length between the prince and his relatives, and he offered the services of his architect, Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt. For further advice Neumann went to Paris in 1723 to consult two of the most distinguished architects of the time, Robert de Cotte and Germain Boffrand, who were experienced in the design and planning of palaces for the pinnacle of European courts and added their creative architectural expertise to accommodate the princely aims. The interior decorations were carried out by famous stuccoworkers like Antonio Bossi, while Giovanni Battista Tiepolo created the large stucco painting for the Treppenhaus, one of the largest and most impressive structures of eighteenth-century architecture.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Companions to the History of Architecture |
Subtitle of host publication | [II] Eighteenth-Century Architecture |
Editors | Caroline van Eck, Sigrid de Jong |
Place of Publication | Chichester |
Pages | 331-336 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Volume | 2 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781118887226 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |