The Strudlhofstiege (Strudl-house Steps) is an outdoor staircase of architectural and literary significance in Vienna , Austria . Located in the Alsergrund district, it is named after a former art school run by the painter Peter Strudel ( c. 1660 – 1714).
16-680: About 1680 Peter Strudel together with his brother Paul came to Vienna from Cles , Trentino . He settled in the northern suburb where he opened his Strudlhof painting school in 1688, one of the first art colleges in Central Europe. Modelled on the Accademia di San Luca or the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in Paris, it was the precursor of the present-day Vienna Academy of Fine Arts . After Strudel's death, however, teaching activities ceased and
32-611: A complex iconography , the basic message of which is that the plague and the Ottomans' Second Siege of Vienna (1683) , both of them punishments for sin, were averted or defeated by the piety and intercession of the Emperor Leopold I. (The pillar thus also represents a (victory) monument to that emperor.) In the iconography, the Trinity expresses itself several times in the number three, namely vertically in three stages: In addition, there
48-624: A sculptor. Paul learned with his father and with Johann Carl Loth in Venice . In 1684, he came to Vienna, where he made three statues for the Prince of Liechtenstein ; his high remuneration caused the envy of his German colleagues at that time. Paul Strudel came in 1686 to the Hofburg court in Vienna and obtained employment as a Court painter. Mostly he co-operated with his brother Peter Strudel . His work marks
64-623: Is a Holy Trinity column located on the Graben , a street in the inner city of Vienna , Austria . Erected after the Great Plague epidemic in 1679, the Baroque memorial is one of the best known and most prominent sculptural artworks in the city. Christine M. Boeckl, author of Images of Plague and Pestilence , calls it "one of the most ambitious and innovative sculptural ensembles created anywhere in Europe in
80-549: Is centered on two fountains, with a facial mask and a fish head as waterspouts. The upper, asymmetric part gives pedestrians varying perspectives while passing by. Metal railings and candelabras create additional highlights. The picturesque construction is a popular setting for open-air choir and concert events. In 1951 the Austrian author Heimito von Doderer (1896–1966) published his social novel Die Strudlhofstiege oder Melzer und die Tiefe der Jahre (The Strudlhof Steps or Melzer and
96-566: The Strudlhof was demolished. The present-day Palais Strudlhof , used as a hotel and conference centre, was erected in the late 18th century. The adjacent street was named Strudlhofgasse in 1907. Shortly afterwards, the Vienna city administration under Mayor Karl Lueger resolved upon the construction of a staircase at the end of the street, in order to create a facilitated access to the lower Lichtental terrain level beyond. The designs were supplied by
112-524: The Depth of the Years), one of the main works of 20th century Austrian literature . Named after the staircase, around which some central plot points take place, it was filmed several times and adapted as a radio and stage play. 48°13′20″N 16°21′28″E / 48.22222°N 16.35778°E / 48.22222; 16.35778 Paul Strudel Paul Strudel or Paul Strudl (c. 1648 – 20 November 1708)
128-458: The architect Theodor Johann Jaeger (1874–1943), an employee at the municipal planning office. Built from luminescent Mannersdorf limestone, it today rates as an Art Nouveau ( Jugendstil ) masterpiece, resembling the Stadtbahn architecture by Otto Wagner . The stairs were ceremonially opened on 29 November 1910 and since have been restored several times. The symmetric lower part of the staircase
144-414: The concept of theatre engineer Lodovico Burnacini . Below the Trinity figure, Burnacini envisioned a cloud pyramid with angel sculptures as well as the kneeling emperor Leopold, praying to a sculpture of faith. Among others, the sculptors Tobias Kracker and Johann Bendel contributed to the column. The column was inaugurated in 1694. In spite of the long construction period, the frequent amendments of
160-410: The design and the large number of sculptors involved, the monument appears quite homogeneous. During the design period, it changed from a conservative memorial column to a High Baroque scene, narrating a story in a theatrical form. The monument thus indicates the transition to the era of High Baroque in Vienna. It highly influenced the style and was imitated in the whole Austrian region. The column has
176-700: The early eighteenth century, it was not possible for the Hofburg Court Architect Giovanni Pietro Tencalla ( de:Giovanni Pietro Tencalla ) to introduce Paul Strudel (or his brother Peter) as his successor. The German building master Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt from Genoa was preferred over the Strudel brothers. At the age of approximately 60 years, Paul Strudel died on 20 November 1708 in Vienna. Pests%C3%A4ule, Vienna The Plague Column ( German : die Wiener Pestsäule ), or Trinity Column ( German : Dreifaltigkeitssäule ),
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#1733085734430192-605: The post- Bernini era." In 1679, Vienna suffered one of the last great plague epidemics. Fleeing the city, the Habsburg emperor Leopold I vowed to erect a mercy column if the epidemic would end. In the same year, a provisional wooden column made by Johann Frühwirth was inaugurated, showing the Holy Trinity on a Corinthian column together with nine sculpted angels (for the Nine Choirs of Angels ). In 1683, Matthias Rauchmiller
208-503: The remaining 15 (of the total 31) statues were created by his younger brother. Strudel was responsible for overseeing the design and construction of Vienna's Plague Column from 1686 until its completion in 1693. He was also commissioned by the prince of Liechtenstein , Prince-Bishop Karl Eusebius von Liechtenstein , to create some monumental statues for his Moravian palaces in Valtice and Lednice . Due to changing tastes in art during
224-466: The transition of Austria to the high baroque ; however, Strudel captured the style of Gian Lorenzo Bernini . The most important works of Paul Strudel are the large statues from white marble for the ancestor gallery of the Habsburgs . In 1696, he received the statuary order from Emperor Leopold I , on the condition to deliver, every three years, two figures. Up to his death, he had delivered 16 figures:
240-543: Was an Austrian sculptor , architect , engineer , and painter , ennobled as Baron von Strudel and Vochburg. As a sculptor in the Hofburg , Paul Strudel worked creating statues with his younger brother, Peter Strudel . In 1648, Paul Strudel was born, as would be his younger brothers, Peter and Dominik, in Cles in the Val di Non in the County of Tyrol , where his father Jakob worked as
256-424: Was commissioned to create a general design as well as some sculptures. Rauchmiller died in 1686, but his basic conception and three of his angel figures can still be seen on the modern monument. Several new designs followed, among others by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach , who designed the sculptures at the base of the column. Finally, the project management was assigned to Paul Strudel , who based his work on
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