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Loschwitz Church
The Loschwitz Church is a baroque church in the Loschwitz district of Dresden. It was the first Church (building), church built by the architect of the Frauenkirche, Dresden, Dresden Frauenkirche, George Bähr. The churchyard, which was used as a cemetery until 1907, is one of the few 18th-century churchyards in Saxony that is still in its original state and is the smallest cemetery in the city at about 400 square meters. The Loschwitz church and cemetery are under monument protection. History The situation before the Loschwitz church was built Loschwitz was first documented in 1315 as Loscuicz. With the expansion of the originally Slavic ''rundling'', the lands were already subject to the Materni Hospital in Dresden in the 14th century. Together with 25 other villages, Loschwitz belonged to the parish of the church "''Zu unserer Lieben Frauen''", the original parish of the later Frauenkirche, which was located near the Maternihospital between the present Dresden Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baroque
The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s. It followed Renaissance art and Mannerism and preceded the Rococo (in the past often referred to as "late Baroque") and Neoclassicism, Neoclassical styles. It was encouraged by the Catholic Church as a means to counter the simplicity and austerity of Protestant architecture, art, and music, though Lutheran art#Baroque period, Lutheran Baroque art developed in parts of Europe as well. The Baroque style used contrast, movement, exuberant detail, deep color, grandeur, and surprise to achieve a sense of awe. The style began at the start of the 17th century in Rome, then spread rapidly to the rest of Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal, then to Austria, southern Germany, Poland and Russia. By the 1730s, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
