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  Cosmas Damian and Egid Quirin Asam Biography / Biography of Cosmas Damian and Egid Quirin Asam Biography
Cosmas Damian was born on Sept. 28, 1686, and Egid Quirin on Sept. 1, 1692.
Cosmas Damian was the architect and painter, and Egid Quirin produced all the sculpture for this most dramatic achievement of the period in Bavaria.
Cosmas Damian executed numerous ceiling frescoes, including those for the church of St. Jakob, Innsbruck (1720-1723), the pilgrimage church at Einsiedeln in Switzerland (1723-1726), Brovnov Abbey near Prague (1731), and the abbey church at Osterhofen in Bavaria (1730-1735).
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 artnet.com: Resource Library: Asam, §I: (2) Cosmas Damian Asam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
After his father’s death in 1711, Cosmas Damian went to Rome, studying at the Accademia di S Luca under Carlo Maratti; he was awarded the academy’s first prize for his brush drawing of the Miracle of St Pius (Rome, Accad.
Throughout his life Cosmas Damian worked mainly on large commissions, painting and sometimes also acting as architect, sometimes collaborating with his brother Egid Quirin; his work took him to the Upper Palatinate, Upper and Lower Bavaria, Baden and Swabia as well as to the Tyrol, Switzerland, Bohemia and Silesia.
Asam, §II, 1: Collaborations on the Gesamtkunstwerk: Weltenburg Monastery
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 Asam Coat of Arms
The distinguished German surname Asam is derived from the Greek term "erasmos," meaning "loved," and was initially used as a personal name.
It was most likely originally borne as a surname by the son of someone named Asam or a variation of it.
First found in Hessen, where the name was closely identified in the early period of history with the feudal society which would become prominent throughout Europe.
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 Saints Cosmas and Damian --  Encyclopædia Britannica
They were brothers, perhaps twins, but little is known with certainty about their lives or martyrdom.
According to Christian tradition, Cosmas and Damian were educated in Syria and became distinguished…
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Damian Marley has defended reggae songs which advocate "burning" gays, because the lyrics are metaphorical and spiritual.
Cosmas Damian Asam Cosmas Damian Asam (September 29 1686-May 10 1739) was a painter and architect from Bavaria known for the Rococco style.
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 ASAM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Search the ASAM Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
Search the ASAM Family Resource Center at RootsWeb.com (if available).
Find graves of people named ASAM at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know).
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 artnet.com: Resource Library: Asam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
(1) Hans Georg Asam, a Bavarian painter familiar with the Italian High Baroque, helped train his sons (2) Cosmas Damian Asam and (3) Egid Quirin Asam to become outstanding exponents of German Baroque art in the earlier 18th century.
Cosmas Damian specialized in painting ceiling frescoes and altarpieces while Egid Quirin specialized in stuccowork and sculpture.
Both also worked as architects, and Egid painted, but in their realizations of the GESAMTKUNSTWERK or total work of art, combining all categories, it is sometimes impossible to say who did what.
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 Travel Channel :: Munich   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Above the doorway St. Nepomuk, a 14th-century Bohemian monk who drowned in the Danube, is being led by angels from a rocky riverbank to heaven.
The church's official name is Church of St. Johann Nepomuk, but it's known as the Asamkirche for its architects, the brothers Cosmas Damian and Egid Quirin Asam, who lived next door.
Frescoes by Cosmas Damian Asam and rosy marble cover the walls.
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 Munich: In Depth : Architecture : The Flowering of the Baroque | Frommers.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The work of the Asam brothers, painter Cosmas Damian Asam and sculptor Egid Quirin Asam, are the best examples of the southern high baroque style.
Cosmas became particularly celebrated for his vast dome paintings of the heavens.
Another pair of brothers, the architect Dominikus Zimmerman (1685-1766) and the fresco master, Johann Baptist Zimmerman (1688-1769), created the towering masterpiece, the Wieskirche near Landsberg.
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 Benediktinerabtei Weltenburg - A Short Guide to Weltenburg
The baroque church was built by the architect brothers Cosmas Damian Asam and Aegid Quirin Asam.
Furthermore, there is an oil painting by Franz Asam depicting the Last Judgement; the two confessionals with reliefs of St. Peter and St. Mary Magdalen doing penance invite us to meditation and contemplation.
The builder of the church, Cosmas Damian Asam, looks down from between the breastwork of the half cupola, above St. Luke and a corona of stars.
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 September 29   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Birth of Cosmas Damian Asam in Benediktbeuren, Germany.
He and his brother, Egid Quirin were leading masters of the baroque style of illusionist decoration in the late baroque period.
East Germany (DDR) is taken into the Rat für Gegenseitige Wirtschaftshilfe (RGW), the East European organization for economic cooperation.
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 Kosmas Damian Asam Online
Kosmas Damian Asam in the Art Renewal Center
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All images and text on this Kosmas Damian Asam page are copyright 1999-2005 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
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 Bavaria - Straubing fair
She was taught by the nuns, besides other subjects, English, Latin and French.
The church is very famous - built by the family Asam (father and sons, the most famous were Cosmas and Damian Asam, architects, sculpterers and painters).
It was built 1736 thru 1741 as last common work of the Asam brothers.
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 Arts & Humanitie > Artists > A   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
German Artists in the Eighteenth Century - Cosmas Damian Asam
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[C D Asam Fr] Asam, Cosmas Damian (1686-1739).
Bacchanals: [C D Asam Fr] Asam, Cosmas Damian (1686-1739).
Includes players of three straight (or slightly curved) trumpets.
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 Cosmas Damian Asam: artist
Visual artist, Cosmas Damian Asam, museum exhibitions and gallery shows.
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