Würzburg Palace's Court Chapel

The court church of Würzburg Palace was built in 1732-1733, under the supervision of Prince-Bishop Friedrich Carl von Schönborn. As for the entire residential building, the responsible architect was Johann Balthasar Neumann. He also oversaw the work of the artists and craftsmen who decorated the church. Personnel. Due to its highly artistic interior design and decoration, the Hofkirche of the Würzburg Residence is one of the most perfect religious buildings of the 18th century. With a curved floor plan composed of three elliptical halls and an unusual dome shape, Balthasar Neumann successfully connected each room to form a harmonious and diverse overall space. In the process of doing so, he promoted the development of the fusion of spatial forms, which began in the Baroque period in Italy, led by architects Guarino Guarini and Francesco Borromini, and mediated by the Dientzenhofer family of master builders for Franconia and Bohemia. With the Würzburg Hofkirche and his work in Würzburg, he achieved this. Hiragan and Neureuther's famous late works, Noiman is one of the great church architects of the Baroque period. Apart from the side altars by Lucas von Hildebrandt and the outstanding paintings by Tiepolo, the main artists were the court artists of the Würzburg Palace, namely the sculptor Johann Wolfgang van der Auwera, the painter Rudolf Byss, and the plasterer Antonio Bossi. They created high-quality architectural furniture under the coordinated planning and guidance of Neumann. Especially Bossi's share in overwhelming spatial effects cannot be high. In his studio, he not only made countless gilded stucco decorations and reliefs, but also decorated all white base surfaces with these decorations and reliefs. Still, all the sculpture figures and busts made of white glossy plaster, as well as the gilded plaster capitals and the colored plaster marble covering the columns, beams, and architectural zones were produced.