Iconographic Programme of the St. Carolus Borromeus Church in Vienna

Iconographic programme of cathedral St. Carolus Boromaeus in Vienna The Diploma Thesis deals with the iconographic programme of cathedral St. Carolus Boromaeus in Vienna (known as Karlskirche). The author begins with the outline of the curriculum vitae of Cardinal Charles, the Archbishop of Milan, and the life of the Emperor Charles VI. It was Charles VI of Hapsburg (anglicized Habsburg) who had the monumental votive cathedral built in the capital of the monarchy as thanksgiving for the end of plague. The corner stone was laid in 1713 and in 1737 only the construction was built according to the plans Johann Bernhard Fischer of Erlach. In 1733 brought to the church were the Knights of the Cross with Red Star, Czech Order from Prague. Their task there was to conduct spiritual administration for all time and found the hospital which they did immediately in 1739. The task of the writer of the Diploma Thesis was to elaborate the history and, mainly, the iconographic programme of the exterior and, first of all, of the interior of the House of God. He outlined there also the potential cooperation of the Knights' Fathers on the final programme of decoration. The work set as its task the extension of knowledge of that significant Baroque jewel of European architecture in the direction of revealing new facts found in..