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Architecture

PERSPECTIVA PRACTICA

University Library

In her largest-sized work to date, PERSPECTIVA PRACTICA, the artist Anna Artaker transfers a copper plate engraving from the Renaissance on to the 500 square meter surface of the new library building – enlarged by two hundred and twenty times. She thus creates a connection between century old book knowledge and the demands of a modern library. The starting point and model of her work is an illustration of the same title taken from the textbook of the French Renaissance scholar Jean Du Breuil, dating back to 1642. In doing so, Artaker points to the level of knowledge at the time of the founding of the University of Graz in 1558. 

Photo credit: David Schreyer. 

Auditorium

Main Building, Universitätsplatz 3

 

The Auditorium is located on the first floor of the main building’s front wing and, with the statue of Emperor Francis Joseph I. – who personally inaugurated the building in 1895 –, it is the core of the university. Decorated in white and gold the auditorium seats 400 people. Graduation ceremonies are held in this representative hall as well as congresses and events.

Apart from the auditorium paintings, the rector’s gallery and the busts of prominent scholars, another work of art in the auditorium deserves attention: To the left under the arcades, a marble plaque with a portrait medal (by Georg Winkler, 1906) commemorates the historian Franz Krones, Ritter von Marchland (1835–1902). Krones, who was Rector of the University of Graz for one period of office (1867/77), wrote a Festschrift to mark the university’s 300th anniversary. His research preferences focused on Austrian and Styrian history.

"Brunnenplatz"

in front of the Department of Physics, Universitätsplatz 5

 

On the square between the Department of Physics and the “Philo-tower” stands a wrought-iron fountain with an arbour. Possibly a product of the 19th century, it is believed to have once belonged to the garden of the demolished house at 26 Heinrichstrasse. Its outward appearance and structure resembles other well-known Renaissance fountains such as the one in the courtyard of the Styrian Provincial Diet or on the Graz Castle Hill plateau. In 2009, this well-frequented meeting place was furnished with new seating elements and made barrier-free.

More information: Uni Graz-Guide

Further information about the architecture on campus can be found in the guidebook „Uni Graz-Guide: Architecture and Art on the campus of the University of Graz“, available in bookstores (9,90 Euro).

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