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Peter Parler (1330Schwäbisch Gmünd - 1399Prague) was a German architect, known for building Saint Vitus Cathedral and Charles Bridge in Prague. Events The Bulgars under Michael III are beaten by the Serbs at Velbuzhd, and large parts of Bulgaria fall to Serbia. ... Schwäbisch Gmünd is a town in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. ... Events September 30 - Accession of Henry IV of England October 13 - Coronation of Henry IV of England November 1 - Accession of John VI, Duke of Brittany Births Deaths November 1 - John V, Duke of Brittany Categories: 1399 ... Prague (Praha in Czech) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ... External links Cathedral page on Prague Castle Administration site Categories: Buildings and structures stubs | Prague | Roman Catholic cathedrals ... Charles Bridge on a winters day, as viewed from the Old Town bridge tower. ... Prague (Praha in Czech) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ...
He became the master mason of Saint Vitus Cathedral in 1352, after the death of its original architect, Matthias of Arras. Apart from the cathedral, he was the main designer of the New Town of Prague and built Charles Bridge and its towers.
In 1352-56, when the workshop was led by the twenty-three-year-old PeterParler, son of the architect of the Gmünd Cathedral and previously the foreman (parlerius) at Cologne, the Prague workshop continued work according to the designs and drawings of Matthew.
Parler's forms appear to be sculpturally modelled (probably because, unlike the architect-geometrician Matthew, Parler was also a sculptor and woodcarver); they are full of dynamics, inner tension, unexpected twists, and conflict.
That is demonstrated by the return to the round "classicizing" forms of the column with the bell-shaped capitals and by Parler's bold vaults with pendant bosses in the sacristy, the ingenious design of the dome vault with the rotating crosses in the chapel of St Wenceslas, and the net vaulting of the choir.
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