# Exterior view

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moosbrugger-caspar-rb7af47fb66fd97/exterior-view-r357364b8253899>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [MOOSBRUGGER, Caspar](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moosbrugger-caspar-rb7af47fb66fd97>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Photo

## Commentary

The architecture of this monastic church was extended into the divine realm by &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/a/asam/cosmas/weingart.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/a/asam/cosmas/weingart.html&#34;&gt;ceiling paintings&lt;/a&gt; executed by Cosmas Damian Asam. In the vault of the basilica, he painted halls with columns and domes, steps and pillars, creating a fascinating architecture of the imagination which appeared to extend the actual architecture of the church. The picture shows the west front of the basilica.

## Related artworks

- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moosbrugger-caspar-rb7af47fb66fd97/exterior-view-r15ddc36d07ef58>)
- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moosbrugger-caspar-rb7af47fb66fd97/exterior-view-raf6ab6ee719a73>)
- [Interior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moosbrugger-caspar-rb7af47fb66fd97/interior-view-r2b1c452dc3e301>)
- [Interior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moosbrugger-caspar-rb7af47fb66fd97/interior-view-r52e25b46495c8f>)
- [Interior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moosbrugger-caspar-rb7af47fb66fd97/interior-view-rd24ca10611d0d9>)

## Attribution

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