Matthias of Arras

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Matthias of Arras was a 14th-century French architect best known as the first master builder of Prague’s St. Vitus Cathedral, where he introduced French Gothic design to Bohemia.

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instanceOf Gothic architect
architect
human
activeYearsStartTime 14th century
architecturalStyle French Gothic architecture
surface form: French Gothic

Gothic
burialPlace St. Vitus Cathedral
centuryOfActivity 14th century
continuedBy Peter Parler
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
designed St. Vitus Cathedral
surface form: ambulatory of St. Vitus Cathedral

eastern part of St. Vitus Cathedral
initial plan of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague
radiating chapels of St. Vitus Cathedral
employer Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
John of Bohemia
ethnicGroup French
fieldOfWork Gothic architecture
architecture
genre cathedral architecture
ecclesiastical architecture
hasHonorificTitle Magister Mathias de Arassio
hasInfluenceOn Peter Parler
hasWorkIn Prague Castle
surface form: Prague Castle complex
influenced development of Gothic architecture in Bohemia
influencedBy French Gothic cathedrals
architecture of southern France
knownFor being the first master builder of Prague’s St. Vitus Cathedral
introducing French Gothic design to Bohemia
languageOfWorkOrName French
Latin
nativeLanguage French
notableWork St. Vitus Cathedral
occupation architect
master builder
partOf history of Czech architecture
history of Gothic cathedrals
medieval architects of Europe
placeOfBirth Arras
County of Artois
placeOfDeath Kingdom of Bohemia
Prague
positionHeld first master builder of St. Vitus Cathedral
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
workLocation Kingdom of Bohemia
Prague

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St. Vitus Cathedral architect Matthias of Arras