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Ernő Foerk’s Sacred Buildings Cover
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|May 2019

Abstract

The article reviews Ernő Foerk’s career through the perspective of his sacred buildings. Ernő Foerk’s oeuvre accounts for a significant proportion of these works. Most of his accomplished churches were made in a Historicist style with a Latin-cross-shaped plan and facade tower. His designs which remained on paper, however, show a more diverse picture from both spatial and stylistic aspect. A number of plans were marked together with Gyula Petrovácz, however, we should presume Foerk had a more significant role in the artistic formation. In addition to the general historicist language, his works also had unique stylistic features, which were mainly related to the design of towers’ proportions, windows, pediments and spires, and to the use of bricks in facade design.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jbe-2019-0017 | Journal eISSN: 2064-2520 | Journal ISSN: 2063-997X
Language: English
Page range: 102 - 111
Published on: May 29, 2019
Published by: Sciendo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2019 Gergely Domonkos Nagy, published by Sciendo
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