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Christoph Dientzenhofer (Czech: Kryštof Dientzenhofer; 7 July 1655 in St. Margarethen – 20 June 1722 in Prague) was a Bavarian architect of South-German, Austrian and Bohemian Baroque. He was a member of the famous Dientzenhofer family of architects, and the father of Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer.
In this study, the geometric design of the vaults of Dientzenhofer’s ‘radical’ churches is documented, analysed, and compared using 3D laser scans of the buildings as primary source. The 3D models generated from the scans enable a geometric analysis through the method of reverse geometric engineering, breaking down the vaults’ complex ...
Christoph Dientzenhofer (1655-1722) is considered one of the most important Baroque master builders of Central Europe. From his extensive architectural oeuvre, a group of six church buildings...
Christoph Dientzenhofer was a German architect who was a leading builder in the Bohemian Baroque style. Dientzenhofer was a member of a large family of German architects and father of Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer.
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Fig. 1. St. Klara, in Eger. Christoph Dientzenhofer. Ground plan, Section and 3D-model. The Þ rst example that we are going to present is the Ben-edictine Monastery of Banz, the greatest building built by the Dientzenhofer Dynasty, with Johann Dientzenhofer as the main author.
This paper resumes the discussion about the geometric definitions of these vaults using the modern methods of geometric analysis and reverse geometrical engineering, based on 3D laser scanning.
It certainly must rate as one of the masterpieces of Christoph Dientzenhofer, who built the nave (1703-11) and the west front (1709-17). The model for the west front was Borromini's San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane in Rome.
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