Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, born Johann Bernhard Fischer (20 July 1656 – 5 April 1723) was probably the most influential Austrian architect of the Baroque period.
Architectural tastes throughout the Habsburg Empire were profoundly influenced by his ideas, as articulated in A Plan of Civil and Historical Architecture (1721), one of the first and most popular comparative studies of world architecture.
Read more about Johann Bernhard Fischer Von Erlach: Early Life in Italy, Service Under Joseph I, Salzburg and Late Works, Selected Works
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