Kirche am Steinhof
Wagner, Otto; Moser, Kolo
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Alternative Title
Church of Saint Leopold, Steinhof Psychiatric Hospital
Date
1903-1907Description
Right of the altar; Wagner's late projects from 1903 radically continued the transformation of the work of Schinkel, Van der Nüll and Semper, as seen in his two master buildings: the sanatorium church [part of the Steinhof Psychiatric Hospital] of St Leopold (1903-1907), Steinhof, and the Postsparkasse (1903-1912), both in Vienna. The church is built on a Greek-cross plan and is surmounted by a steel-framed semicircular dome with a tall drum on an octagon. The domed ceiling within is carried on a gilded steel mesh. A modified Roman Doric order is expressed in four giant columns that pierce the projected transom of the entrance arch, to be crowned by bronze statuary below a deep, coffered cornice outlining the shallow narthex, transepts and sanctuary. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/26/2008)
Type of Work
churchSubject
architectural exteriors, Secession Movement, Art Nouveau, Sezessionstil
Rights
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