The "Karlskirche" was erected between 1716 and 1737
in accordance to plans by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
and completed by Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach.
I visited this edifice in 2008 when it was in the throes of a major restauration.
Due to the scaffolding erected for the restauration of the ceiling pictures
I was able to come up close to these wonderful images.
A restaurer at work.
please view pictures below in the LARGE FORMAT
An Angel burns a book, obviously written by a non-believer.
Was this the first act of censorship? The first "book burning"?
The nourishing of the people:
left u/c: an angel offers a cup to a thirsting man.
A mother, guarded by angels suckles her child.
angels throw food into the outstreched hands of supplicants.
a woman feeds a sick person.
I have simnply described the happenings, and make no comment as to their
religious connotations.
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