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Nová radnice - Zemský dům moravských stavů

Title in English New Town Hall - The Municipal House of Moravian Estates
Authors

KROUPA Jiří

Year of publication 2013
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Památková péče na Moravě. Monumentorum Moraviae tutela
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Field Art, architecture, cultural heritage
Keywords Brno; New Town Hall; Baroque painting
Description The Municipal Estates House in Brno was developed on the gradual expansion of the municipal hall of justice in the former refectory of the Dominican monastery. In the times of Baroque a new entrance wing and a wing for court offices were built. These new buildings and his spaces were gradually decorated with frescos reflecting the specific function of the rooms. When interpreting the frescos we can start by looking for their central arguments: Virtute et Constantia -Allegory of the good rule, Pragmatic sanction as a guarantee of Moravias wealth - Fides Publica.

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