Research Catalog

Title

Tilman Riemenschneider : master sculptor of the late Middle Ages / Julien Chapuis ; with contributions by Michael Baxandall [and others].

Author

Riemenschneider, Tilman, approximately 1460-1531.

Publication

Washington : National Gallery of Art, Washington ; New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press, [1999], ©1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Chapuis, Julien.
• Baxandall, Michael.
• National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Description

352 pages : illustrations (some color); 31 cm

Summary

• "The sculpture of Tilman Riemenschneider stands solidly anchored in the late Gothic tradition, while it also reflects emerging humanist concerns. Riemenschneider, who was active in Wurzburg from around 1483 until 1531, was one of the first sculptors to abandon polychromy on occasion, making a conscious aesthetic decision to leave visible his favored material, limewood.
• His sculpture strikes a rare balance between formal elegance and expressive strength, and it is among the most appealing work of the late Middle Ages.".
• "The approximately fifty works documented in this handsome volume offer a fresh look at this great master. The book presents a broad survey of Riemenschneider's oeuvre, including representative work from all periods of his career. Contributors explore the sources for his art, his social milieu and the organization of his workshop, the critical reception of his work, his polychrome and monochrome sculpture."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Riemenschneider, Tilman, -1531 > Exhibitions

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Oct. 3, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y., Feb. 7-May 14, 2000.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / Earl A. Powell III and Philippe de Montebello -- Acknowledgments / Julien Chapuis -- Chronology of Tilman Riemenschneider -- Recognizing Riemenschneider / Julien Chapuis -- The Sources of Riemenschneider's Art / Hartmut Krohm -- A Sculptor in Wurzburg / Stephan Kemperdick -- The Perception of Riemenschneider / Michael Baxandall -- The Surfaces of Riemenschneider / Michele Marincola -- A Shifting Critical Fortune / Till-Holger Borchert -- Riemenschneider in America / William D. Wixom.

ISBN

• 0300081626 (hardcover)
• 089468244X (softcover)

LCCN

99025450

OCLC

• 41131719
• ocm41131719

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries