The Significance of Baroque Gothic Architecture in the Czech Republic

Abstract The publication analyses selected works of one of the most important representatives of Baroque Gothic. Jan Blazej Santini Aischl represents an important personality in the world of architecture from the early 18th century. Architect Jan Blazej Santini Aischl got to the reconstruction now very prized buildings due to their devastation during the war period and the turbulent political situation. Publications so analyses the reconstruction of two monasteries, recognized as one of the most important and belong to the largest in the Czech Republic. This is a reconstruction of the Cistercian monastery church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Sedlec near Kutna Hora, and the reconstruction of a Benedictine monastery church in Kladruby. Jan Blazej Santini Aichel allowed to return and fame already surpassed the simplicity of its specific Gothic architectural style. It was also a kind of demonstration of religious orders, whose wishes fulfilled. Their compromise so created structures that combine elements of Baroque with Gothic elements. This combination, which Santini applied to the reconstructed construction, then used also in the construction of completely new buildings. An example is presented in the publication Church of St John Nepomuk at Zelena hora. It was originally a place of pilgrimage with world standards that represents sample construction, demonstrating the unique architectural style of Jan Blazej Santini Aischl.