To the methodology of church research in Hungary – contributions to the typology of 18th century protestant church architecture

János Krähling

doi:10.3311/ppar.7391

Abstract

Over the past three decades, the Department for History of Architecture and of Monument Preservation has elaborated architectural surveys of monuments on different scales, from settlements to small-scale historic architectural objects, to train students and to provide research material for larger monument preservation measures. One of the scholarly leaders of this activity was Tamás Guzsik (1947-2002), who published several scientific articles on the methodology of village church research in Hungary, focusing on medieval architecture. By commemorating and evaluating his scientific heritage as a school founding scholar, the paper presents the conceptual opportunities and the extension of some of his principles in a Lutheran church survey programme involving the whole country. The results of this survey can be classified into a typology, which contributes to a better understanding of late Baroque architecture in Hungary and to the typology of Protestant church architecture.

Highlights

Survey has always played a tremendously important role in the research of architectural monuments
3 C ontributions to the typology of 18th century Protestant church architecture in Hungary: The survey of Lutheran churches The methodological principles of Guzsik’s research on medieval churches offered the possibility of its application and a good basis from which to establish the concept of a special field for a comprehensive research on Hungarian Lutheran church architecture
3.1 The aim and methodology of the survey The main objectives of the comprehensive survey on Lutheran churches in Hungary were to carry out basic research that contributes to a thorough evaluation of Hungarian Protestant church architecture as a special area of the Hungarian history of architecture and art history

Summary

Introduction

Survey has always played a tremendously important role in the research of architectural monuments. R esearch methodology principles of village churches 2.1 Topography researches versus typology In the case of standing architectural monuments that can be perceived physically, it is possible to follow historical analysis and to establish a typology or morphology of the subject.

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