# Exterior view

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MOLLER, Georg](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moller-georg-r1ee74da1a3c304>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Photo

## Commentary

The Catholic church of St. Ludwig in Darmstadt was built by Georg Moller, who had designed a number of pioneering buildings in the royal seat of Hessen. It turns to the Pantheon, but comes up with a design highly reduced both grammatically and decoratively. The cylindrical lower part and semi-circular dome display the stereometric simplicity and clarity of Revolutionary architecture. Inside, the dome is carried on 28 free-standing columns. The original coffering was destroyed by bomb damage.

## Related artworks

- [Interior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moller-georg-r1ee74da1a3c304/interior-view-rd0bbffe476c931>)

## Attribution

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