# General view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [NEUMANN, Balthasar]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary Neumann's attempts to create dynamic, complex spaces in his church interiors culminated at Vierzehnheiligen, near Banz, and the Benedictine abbey church at Neresheim. Vierzehnheiligen was a place of pilgrimage, commemorating the spot where in the 1440s a young shepherd had had visions of the 14 helper saints who were believed to have powers of intercession. In 1739 a new church was planned, and Neumann's final design \(1743-72\) created three large ovals along the nave, with circular transepts. Three rows of windows light the spacious interior, which appears to be set in motion. View the <a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/support/plans/n/neumann/vierzehn.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=400,height=600'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return false">ground plan and vault plan</a> of the Pilgrimage church, Vierzehnheiligen. ## Related artworks - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [General view]() - [Interior view]() - [Interior view]() - [Interior view]() - [Interior view]() - [Interior view]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()