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Johann Parler the Younger ( Czech: Jan Parléř, German: Johann Parler der Jüngere, [ˈjan ˈparlɛːr̝̊]; c. 1359 – 1405/06), was a Bohemian architect of German origin from the prominent Parler family of architects, master builders, and sculptors. He was the son of famous Gothic architect Peter Parler, the builder of Saint Vitus Cathedral ...
architect sculptor. Johann Parler the Younger, was a Bohemian architect of German origin. Career. Johann Parler came from the Parler family, whose members were architects in Europe. He was a son of the famous Gothic architect Peter Parler, who built the Saint Vitus Cathedral and Charles Bridge in Prague.
Notable members of the family include: Heinrich Parler (c. 1300 – c. 1370), [4] also known as Heinrich of Gmünd, founder of the dynasty, father of Johannes, Peter and Michael. Johannes von Gmünd (Johann Parler the Elder) (1330-po 1359), oldest son of Heinrich Parler, father of Heinrich IV.
- Early Life
- Nuremberg
- Prague
- Family and Personal Life
- Legacy
- List of Major Works
- Gallery
- See Also
- References
- Further Reading
Little is known about the earliest youth of Peter Parler. His father, Heinrich Parler the Elder, was a stonemason at Cologne Cathedral. Around 1333, when Peter was born, Heinrich was invited by the free imperial city of Schwäbisch Gmünd to take over construction of a large new parish church, Holy Cross Minster. Peter was already working alongside h...
Sometime after 1352 Peter joined the construction works at the Frauenkirche in Nuremberg as the parlier, or chief site assistant alongside his father. The exact date and his precise role are unclear. The foundations of the church had already been laid in 1351 on the initiative of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, who envisioned it as a center for hol...
Upon his ascension to the throne as King of Bohemia in 1347, Charles IV established his capital at Prague. At the time it consisted of two autonomous Medieval towns on each side of the Vltava river (German: Moldau): the Old Town on the right and the Lesser Town with Prague Castle above it on the left. In 1348 he ordered construction of the New Town...
The Parler family grew large and its many members worked at Gothic construction sites all over Central Europe and Northern Italy. Peter's branch of the family began with his marriage to his first wife, Gertrude. Although their wedding date is not exactly known, by 1360 they were raising three sons and a daughter: 1. Johann Parler the Younger: born ...
Peter Parler was one of the most well-known and influential craftsman of the Middle Ages. The designs of both him and his father became known as the "Parler style" and spread throughout Central Europe. Significant examples include: St. Martin's Church, Landshut (begun 1389); St. Lorenz, Nuremberg (nave begun 1400); St. George's Minster, Dinkelsbühl...
Buildings in Prague
1. St. Vitus Cathedral (1356–1396) 1.1. Chancel, sacristy and tower 1.2. Chapel of St. Wenceslas 1.3. Golden Gate 2. Charles Bridge(1357–1402) 3. Old Town Hall (1360–1381) 3.1. chapel 3.2. bay, stone decoration 4. Old Town Bridge Tower(1370–1380) 5. Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Charlemagne(consecrated 1377) 6. All Saints Church(1372–1386) 7. Church of Our Lady before Týn(choir 1380–) 8. Karolinum (1383–1386) 8.1. gothic bay
Buildings elsewhere
1. Heilig-Kreuz-Münster, Schwäbisch Gmünd (?–1351), consecrated 1410. 2. Karlštejn Castle(1357–1365) 3. St. Bartholomew's Church, Kolín(1360–1378) 4. Frauenkirche, Nuremberg(1352–1356) 5. Wenzelschloss, Lauf an der Pegnitz (1355–1356) 6. St. Barbara's Church, Kutná Hora(begun 1388)
Architectural drawings
1. Peter Parler: Drawing of the choir and western facade of St. Vitus Cathedral (black ink on parchment, 132 x 52.5 cm), Kupferstichkabinett, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna 2. Peter Parler: Drawing of the south tower of St. Vitus Cathedral (black ink on parchment, 106 x 93 cm), Kupferstichkabinett, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna
Exterior of Wenzelschloss.South portal of St. Vitus Cathedral.The open "Parler style" tracery at St. Vitus CathedralSandra, Baragli (2007). European Art of the Fourteenth Century. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum. ISBN 978-0892368594. LCCN 2006024548.Blau, Daniel (2015). The bridge and the city : a universal love story. Plantation, FL: Llumina Press. ISBN 9781625501486.Bork, Robert (2011). The Geometry of Creation : Architectural Drawing and the Dynamics of Gothic Design. Farnham: Ashgate. ISBN 9780754660620.Curl, James; Wilson, Susan (2015). The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture (3 ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199674985.Boehm, Barbara Drake; et al. (2005). Prague: The Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 1588391612.
Who is Johann Parler? Johann Parler the Younger, was a Bohemian architect of German origin. Johann Parler comes from the Parler family, whose members were architects in Europe. He was a son of the famous Gothic architect Peter Parler, who built the Saint Vitus Cathedral and Charles Bridge in Prague.
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The first architect was probably Johann Parler, son of Peter Parler. Work on the building was interrupted for more than 60 years during the Hussite Wars and when work resumed in 1481, Matěj Rejsek, Benedikt Rejt and Mikuláš Parler, assumed responsibility.
