Der Bildhauer Andreas Schweigl und die Sakralkunst in Mähren zur Zeit der josephinischen Reformen

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Title in English Sculptor Andreas Schweigl and Sacred Art in Moravia in the Time of the Josephine Reforms
Authors

SUCHÁNEK Pavel VALEŠ Tomáš

Year of publication 2015
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Umění / Art
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Field Art, architecture, cultural heritage
Keywords sculpture; 18th century; Moravia; Andreas Schweigl; Josephinism; church; reforms
Description The article examines the changes to religious art during the era of the Josephine Reforms. It describes general theoretical ideas and the practical problems that together determined the nature of new religious art. It focuses on the role of the central and provincial authorities in public commissions for the Church and on the mechanisms that influenced the nature of such work.
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