Giovanni Antonio Viscardi
Giovanni Antonio Viscardi (* December 27 1645 in San Vittore Roveredo, † September 9, 1713 in Munich) was an Italian- gray Graubünden architect of Baroque, who worked mainly in Bavaria.
Life
On December 27, 1645 Viscardi was baptized in San Vittore Roveredo in the Italian-speaking part of the Grisons, Ticino, near the border. Many of his ancestors, like his grandfather or his great-grandfather Giovanni Antonio Bartolomeo worked demonstrably since the mid-16th century as a master mason, city foreman or builder north of the Alps of Bavaria into Styria, and even to Mainz. He spent his apprenticeship with his father, Bartolomeo, who was in the service of the Elector Maximilian I of Bavaria.
When he was not quite 30 years old, he helped as Parlier of the electoral Bavarian court architect Enrico Zuccalli in transforming the Altöttinger pilgrimage church of St. Magdalene. A year later he married in San Vittore and took his young wife to Munich, where he became the Bavarian Elector Ferdinand Maria Hofmaurermeister 1678. Despite initially good relationship with his superiors Zuccalli, but he was dismissed in 1689 after a dispute with the builder Oberhof. His body was Zuccallis son Trubillio.
In the second phase of his career Viscardi appears largely as a freelance architect and developed a lively and successful work in and around Munich. For the Cistercian abbey in Fürstenfeld he designed the monastery ( Monastery Fürstenfeld ). Also for numerous other religious communities, noble and middle-class clients Viscardi works at this time.
He built the Munich Salesianerinnenkirche the construction of the monastery, the Benedictine Metten Abbey, he builds the Sanctuary Loh order, created in Landshut for the Jesuits to build the monastery, renewed hall and church of the Munich Jesuit College of St. Michael and expanded the monastery of the Benedictine to Benediktbeuren. The brother of the Elector, Duke Maximilian Philipp can, through him build the little lock to door home. Count Haunsperg builds with him Hofberg castle near Landshut. Countess Adelheid Maria Theresa of Rivera- Preysing is a town house in Munich in order. The Privy Council of Joner is the owner of the little castle Neuhofen in Munich- Sendling. These villas and summer residences be the style for secular architecture of the Bavarian late Baroque. The Viscardi company busy at this time, numerous and well-known construction manager, Parliere and nearly 150 fellows.
As a church architect Giovanni Antonio Viscardi attained the pinnacle of his work with the new century. Under his leadership, the parish church of stone village with Mering and the Premonstratensian Church Neustift arise in Freising. The Jesuit Church in Augsburg will be rebuilt, and the new abbey church of Kloster Fürstenfeld the foundation is laid and started the construction of the choir. Then, however, the construction is discontinued for lack of money soon. The Elector has remained the monastery repayments guilty.
The main work of this phase, however, the Sanctuary Mariahilf Frey city in the Upper Palatinate dar. As a central building and Church of the type of a domed Greek cross, which especially in wall and has also in the interior the typical view Viscardis columns design, this church shows his personal style most clearly.
After the dismissal Zuccallis Viscardi 1706 even appointed Oberhof builder at the Bavarian court and in 1713 the Imperial Hofober and master builder.
In addition to completing his numerous buildings, especially the Bürgersaalkirche in Munich Neuhauser Strasse, is an artistic climax near the end of his life, the construction of the Munich Trinity church in today's Pacellistrasse whose facade of Viscardis biographer Karl Ludwig Lippert as the " showpiece personalized decor " is evaluated and described as "one of the most interesting and most charming pieces of Munich Baroque" applies.
Giovanni Antonio Viscardi died on September 9, 1713 in Munich.
Trivia
Situated on the famous Baroque architect recalls in Munich a short street behind the Feldherrenhalle. During the "Third Reich" she received from the locals, the term quitters alley because it was used by citizens who wanted to "push" before the dutiful payment of the Hitler salute when passing a Nazi memorial.
In the city Fürstenfeldbruck a newly built school was in 1973/74 put into operation, which officially by the Bavarian Ministry of Culture was named Viscardi High School on the recommendation of the teaching staff on July 26, 1974.