Hercules of the Arts
Johann Adam Andreas I von Liechtenstein and Vienna around 1700
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Hercules of the Arts
Johann Adam Andreas I von Liechtenstein and Vienna around 1700
The life of one of Vienna’s foremost patrons of art.
This book focuses on Prince Johann Adam Andreas I of Liechtenstein (1657–1712). His skillful economic policies enabled him to increase his fortune, with which he purchased important artworks, invested in building projects and their artistic design, founded a city district, and developed Italian art and architecture in Vienna in around 1700.
The prince was an important individual in his dynasty and a great patron and builder. He reorganized administrative structures and invested in businesses and innovative production techniques. He thus created the financial basis for the expansion of the art collection and the construction and furnishing of imposing buildings. To this day, the Gartenpalais and Stadtpalais in Vienna bear witness to the activities of this prince known as a Hercules of the arts.
This book focuses on Prince Johann Adam Andreas I of Liechtenstein (1657–1712). His skillful economic policies enabled him to increase his fortune, with which he purchased important artworks, invested in building projects and their artistic design, founded a city district, and developed Italian art and architecture in Vienna in around 1700.
The prince was an important individual in his dynasty and a great patron and builder. He reorganized administrative structures and invested in businesses and innovative production techniques. He thus created the financial basis for the expansion of the art collection and the construction and furnishing of imposing buildings. To this day, the Gartenpalais and Stadtpalais in Vienna bear witness to the activities of this prince known as a Hercules of the arts.
240 pages | 120 color plates | 8.27 x 10.04 | © 2024
Art: Ancient and Classical Art, Art--General Studies, European Art
Table of Contents
Stephan Koja
JOHANN ADAM ANDREAS I VON LIECHTENSTEIN – A PRINCE OF THE ARTS
Arthur Stögmann
‘… THE MOST FORTUNATE PRINCE IN THE IMPERIAL HEREDITARY LANDS…’
Peter Stephan
THE VIENNA PALACES OF PRINCE JOHANN ADAM ANDREAS I VON LIECHTENSTEIN
The style formation as a political instrument
Andreas Nierhaus
ARCHITECTURE ON THE BORDERLINE
Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach’s Liechtenstein Belvedere
Thomas Baumgartner
‘THE GARDEN REMARKABLE, WHAT ADORNMENTS OF TRULY BEAUTEOUS PERFECTION’
Gernot Mayer
COLLECTING IN ORDER TO SHOW: THE LIECHTENSTEIN CITY PALACE AS A GALLERY BUILDING
Reinhold Baumstark
PRINCE JOHANN ADAM ANDREAS I AS A COLLECTOR OF RUBENS
Katharina Leithner
‘SUL BUON GUSTO ITALIANO’
Italian art in the collection of Prince Johann Adam Andreas I von Liechtenstein
Silvia Tammaro
VIENNA ITALIANA. ITALIAN ART AND CULTURE IN VIENNA AROUND 1700
Cecilia Mazzetti di Pietralata
ITALY AND THE HOUSE OF LIECHTENSTEIN – TRAVEL, WORKS OF ART, ARTISTS AND INTERMEDIARIES
Alexandra Hanzl
DUCHESS MARIA THERESIA OF SAVOY-CARIGNAN
Patroness and benefactor ‘to the glory of God and the benefit of the common weal’
Claudia Lehner-Jobst
OF VISIONS, SPLENDOUR AND PORCELAIN
APPENDIX
List of Exhibits
Reference List
JOHANN ADAM ANDREAS I VON LIECHTENSTEIN – A PRINCE OF THE ARTS
Arthur Stögmann
‘… THE MOST FORTUNATE PRINCE IN THE IMPERIAL HEREDITARY LANDS…’
Peter Stephan
THE VIENNA PALACES OF PRINCE JOHANN ADAM ANDREAS I VON LIECHTENSTEIN
The style formation as a political instrument
Andreas Nierhaus
ARCHITECTURE ON THE BORDERLINE
Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach’s Liechtenstein Belvedere
Thomas Baumgartner
‘THE GARDEN REMARKABLE, WHAT ADORNMENTS OF TRULY BEAUTEOUS PERFECTION’
Gernot Mayer
COLLECTING IN ORDER TO SHOW: THE LIECHTENSTEIN CITY PALACE AS A GALLERY BUILDING
Reinhold Baumstark
PRINCE JOHANN ADAM ANDREAS I AS A COLLECTOR OF RUBENS
Katharina Leithner
‘SUL BUON GUSTO ITALIANO’
Italian art in the collection of Prince Johann Adam Andreas I von Liechtenstein
Silvia Tammaro
VIENNA ITALIANA. ITALIAN ART AND CULTURE IN VIENNA AROUND 1700
Cecilia Mazzetti di Pietralata
ITALY AND THE HOUSE OF LIECHTENSTEIN – TRAVEL, WORKS OF ART, ARTISTS AND INTERMEDIARIES
Alexandra Hanzl
DUCHESS MARIA THERESIA OF SAVOY-CARIGNAN
Patroness and benefactor ‘to the glory of God and the benefit of the common weal’
Claudia Lehner-Jobst
OF VISIONS, SPLENDOUR AND PORCELAIN
APPENDIX
List of Exhibits
Reference List