VITRUVIUS MORAVICUS: Neoclassical Aristocratic Architecture in Moravia and Silesia after 1800
Brno: National Heritage Institute, 2015
ISBN 978-80-87231-27-2
The book Vitruvius Moravicus examines neoclassical architecture in Moravia and Silesia. It points out the changes and continuities in the lifestyle of the nobility, the newly perceived connection between architecture and nature. It presents this subject through texts on individual architectural works, each grounded in the latest research by historians, conservation specialists, and art historians. The texts are complemented by contemporary and modern depictions of the monuments, further enhancing the value of the publication.
The book is not primarily focused on the architecture of the Liechtenstein court. Nevertheless, it clearly demonstrates the prominent role Liechtenstein architecture played in the neoclassical period in Central Europe. Belveder, the castle park in Lednice, Nové Zámky near Litovel, the castle in Adamov, Nový Dvůr, the hunting lodge at Pohansko, Diana’s Temple, Rybniční zámeček, the Rajsna Colonnade, Apollo’s Temple, the château in Břežany, the princely tomb in Vranov u Brna, Hraniční zámeček, and the Temple of the Three Graces – these Liechtenstein monuments shaped the region’s architectural style and, with it, the character of the first half of the 19th century. They account for more than a third of the book’s content and reveal that it was largely the House of Liechtenstein who defined the face of Moravian neoclassical architecture.
Michal Konečný (ed.)
