Virgin and Child on the Crescent Moon
Late Gothic
1501
123.0 x 37.0 cm
Тилман Рименсхейдер (1460 – 1531)
Тилман Рименсхейдер – немецкий скульптор позднего Средневековья и Ренессанса, мастер по дереву, известный своими выразительными религиозными произведениями и ролью в восстании крестьян. Его работы сочетают готику и ренессанс, поражают детализацией и эмоциональностью.
This statue may have been designed as a hausmadonna (House Madonna)-that is, a devotional sculpture installed on a non-religious building and endowed with protective or evil-averting powers. Originally shielded from the elements by a canopy, the sculptural work may also have been surrounded by a carved wreath of roses. The moon under the figure’s feet variously symbolized chastity and the Catholic dogma of Immaculate Conception; it also foretold the apocalyptic end ofthe world. Among the most significant of the limewood sculptors of Renaissance Germany, Riemenschneider was a key figure in the transition from the ethereal forms that dominated the Late Gothic period to more realistic human forms of the German Renaissance. During his lifetime, he enjoyed great success as a sculptor and ran an enormous workshop in Würzburg staffed by an estimated forty assistants.
Об этом произведении
- Название: Virgin and Child on the Crescent Moon
- Художник: Тилман Рименсхейдер
- Год: 1501
- Размер оригинала: 123.0 x 37.0 cm
- Формат: Portrait
- Правовой статус: Общественное достояние
- Динамика: Late Gothic
- Цветовая палитра: Neutrals
- Основной цвет: Quinacridone Magenta
- Ключевые слова: renaissance german art , oak wood sculpture , medieval art germany