Baroque furniture in churches and monasteries provides important information on features of manufacture and design. With the support of the FWF, an art historian is drawing up a comprehensive catalogue. This will also provide a basis for assigning secular furniture to a specific period and region. Continue reading “Making furniture for church and nobility”
The construction history of St. Stephen’s Cathedral stretching over 300 years has been fleshed out with additional important elements. With the support of the FWF, open questions about issues such as financing or religious objects that have vanished can now be answered thanks to a systematic evaluation of several thousand documentary sources. Continue reading “St. Stephen’s Cathedral: new facets of its architectural history”
In 16th century England, exchanging information about certain substances, such as pigments, helped the two disciplines of art and medicine to become more professional. At the time, knowledge about cosmetic products also constituted an integral part of natural science know-how. Continue reading “Colour – a link between art and medicine”
In an extensive research effort the art historian Imma Walderdorff investigated the Nazi past of Klessheim Palace, unearthing hitherto unknown facts and making an important contribution to provenance research. Continue reading “The Führer’s lavish guest house”
What viewers of a work of art see and feel is informed by their socio-cultural background and by how familiar they are with the image. Art historians have now verified this theory with the help of methods that are usually used in psychology. This project is funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF. Continue reading “In the eye of the beholder”
Kreuzenstein Castle presents the ideal image of a medieval castle. The unique building is, however, a relatively modern structure which was built in the late 19th century. With the support of the Austrian Science Fund FWF the first comprehensive study of its history has now become available as a book. Continue reading “Kreuzenstein – fictitious Middle Ages all real”