The catalogue is devoted to the architect Pietro Nobile (1776-1854). The title of the exhibition: Neoclassicism between Technique and Beauty. Pietro Nobile in the Czech Lands. Pietro Nobile was an important architect in European Neoclassicism who cannot be easily categorised. He was born in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in Switzerland, and became successful at the Viennese court thanks to his commissions from Chancellor Metternich. He was one of the successors to the famous generation of architects led by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux and Étienne-Louis Boullée, whose ideas Nobile began to develop at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. His interest in the architecture of the 'enemy doctrine', as Nobile referred to his French-influenced training, was eventually overshadowed by the building of a new cultural metropolis in Munich. His visit to Munich in 1835, at Chancellor Metternich's expense, suggested new possibilities for Neoclassicism and early historicism. Nobile's approach to Neo-Gothic and Neo-Romanesque architecture, which was then known as the 'Byzantine' style, can be seen in his designs for the reconstruction of the Old Town Hall in Prague and the cathedral in Esztergom. The exhibition's title refers to Nobile's reformist Architecture School at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna between 1818 and 1828. His reform strengthened the Academy's hand against the Polytechnic, whose students were now obliged to complete their studies at the Academy. The prestige of Nobile's reform was confirmed by the first exhibition of his architecture students' work in 1828. His Austrian (Roesner, van der Nül, Siccardsburg, Förster) and Czech (Kranner, Barvitius) students were confirmation of his ability to retain an overview while remaining open to the latest architectural trends at the end of the first half of the 19th century.
Notes
Catalogue of an exhibitionheld at Západočeská galerii v Plzni, výstavní síni "13", 20 November 2019 through 9 February 2020.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
Language note
Summary in English; includes translations from Italian.
Other title(s)
Pietro Nobile v Čechách
ISBN
9788088283263 ((Artefactum))
8088283264
9788088027362 ((Západočeská galerie v Plzni))
8088027365
OCLC
1184098842
RCP
C - S
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