Baroque Trend // Architecture
10:14I have chosen to research Baroque architecture to give me ideas towards the type of setting I could take my photographs in for my Autumn/Winter '15-16 Baroque trend; I have chosen to research about the Asamkirche. The Asamkirche in Munich, Germany is an 18th-century Baroque church built by the Asam brothers. The interior inside still to this day is untouched and no surface is undecorated.
In 1729-30, sculptor Egid Qurin Asam bought two properties which he converted into a family home for himself. Soon after, he acquired a plot of land next to his house where in 1733 he began to build a church dedicated to St. John Nepomuk; (a 14th-century Bohemian monk). The church was completed in 1746.
Features of Asamkirche
The Asamkirche is a long and narrow chapel occupying a slim space between two houses. Its facade features a large statue of St. John Nepomuk over the door, carved with scenes from his life, as well as portraits of Pope Benedict XIII and Bishop Johann Theodor of Freising.
The tall wooden doors lead into an oval-shaped entrance hall containing Baroque decorations of symbolic figures such as a wreath to represent saintliness.
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/germany/munich-asamkirche
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