Content Strategy & Fine Art Photography
Content Strategy & Fine Art Photography
It’s hard to go a day in Austria without running headfirst into a Baroque bonbon. You’ll find this one, the Mariahilferkirche, in the Mariahilferplatz, close by the Murinsel and the Kunsthaus. It is still home to Graz’s Minorites – their monastery is located to the south of the church. The
Minorites (a.k.a. Friars Minor Conventual) are heirs to St. Francis of Assisi and disciples such as St. Anthony of Padua. Both of these men are honored in statues beside the door of the Mariahilferkirche. St. Francis is one of my favorite Catholics – a pleasure-seeker and a soldier who renounced
Like the Dreifaltigkeitskirche, the gable on the Mariahilferkirche depicts the Archangel Michael sending Lucifer to hell.
Rising like an amputated nautilus from the Mur river is the Murinsel (“Island in the Mur”). It was created by Vito Acconci in 2003, when Graz became the European Capital of Culture. Walking through the interior is a bit like hanging out with Dr. Doolittle inside the Great Pink Sea
“One thing I am obsessed by is to give viewers choices. Not to have only one entry, only one kind of path. Spin-offs are important. Spin-offs are like parenthetical phrases. There seems to be this main sentence, but then there are parentheses… I’m sure this idea started for me with
The unassuming facade of Sackstrasse 16 (near the Dreifaltigkeitskirche) hides a townhouse of Rococo splendor. As with Wolf Dietrich’s Residenz in Salzburg, the interior of the Museum im Palais is awash with staterooms in white & gold. Princesses of any age will particularly enjoy the chandelier-lit Mirror Hall. Scattered among
The chubby boy on the back of the black bird is Ganymede. He’s being abducted by Zeus (disguised as the eagle) to serve as a cupbearer to the gods at Olympus. Above them, and upside down, the gods wait impatiently for their ambrosia. Ganymede hovers over the staircase of the
The Museum im Palais is located in the townhouse of the powerful Herberstein family. During the 17th and 18th century, these Counts controlled 20% of Styria. The Herbersteins still have a mighty Schloss (“Castle”) outside of the city. In 1754, Johann Leopold von Herberstein, Governor of Styria, asked the architect
This Baroque sunburst rests on the foundations of the city’s ancient town moat, right near the Schlossbergstiege. Consecrated in 1704, the Dreifaltigkeitskirche was built by Bartholomew Ebner for the Nuns of the Ursulines. Symbolism: The Power of 3 The center of the Dreifaltigkeitskirche depicts the Holy Trinity – God the
Continue readingDreifaltigkeitskirche (Holy Trinity Church), Graz, Austria
