Detail View: SHIMMER: Melk Abbey
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Title:
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Melk Abbey
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Creation Date:
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1736
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Image Date:
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1960 - 1969
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Period:
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18th century
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Start Date:
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1702
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End Date:
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1736
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Location:
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Melk, Lower Austria
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Country:
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AUSTRIA
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Display Creator:
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PRANDTAUER, Jakob
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Terms:
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Frescoes (see also: Mural painting and decoration)
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Image ID:
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94-4824
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Description:
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Interior detail: Abbey Church. Freso details in the roof of the Abbey Church (painted by ROTTMAYR). Melk is a Benedictine Abbey originally founded in 1089.
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Photographed by:
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Margaret Mackerness
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Creator:
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PRANDTAUER, Jakob
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Creator Dates - Born:
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1660
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Creator Dates - Died:
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1726
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Creator Role:
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Architect.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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Austrian.
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Creator:
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ROTTMAYR, Johann Michael
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Creator Dates - Born:
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1654
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Creator Dates - Died:
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1730
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Creator Role:
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Painter.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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Austrian.
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture, Baroque
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- Austria
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- 1700-1800
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Subject Heading:
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Church architecture -- Austria
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Subject Heading:
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Abbeys -- Austria
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Subject Heading:
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Mural painting and decoration
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Subject Heading:
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Decoration and ornament, Architectural
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Subject Heading:
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Painting, Baroque
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