Realms of Imagination: Albrecht Altdorfer and the Expressivity of Art around 1500
The show comprises around 140 artworks 鈥 among them masterpieces by Lucas Cranach, Albrecht Durer and Hans Leinberger 鈥 that document how landscape, history painting and portraiture were re-invented with the help of this new, expressive interaction between light, colour, form and pose, creating a counterpart to the art of Durer based on the study of nature and adherence to a clearly define canon. These compositions are informed by poetry and drama, and unite man and nature to forge a single harmonious whole.
Among the highlights of the exhibition are numerous works by Altdorfer, among them the first-ever landscapes in European art history and Emperor Maximilian鈥檚 prayer book with its wealth of fantastic illustrations, the wings of Wolf Huber鈥檚 St. Anne鈥檚 altarpiece, and sculptures as spectacular as Leinberger鈥檚 bronze Madonna from Berlin or the Master IP鈥檚 magnificent carved altarpiece from the Church of Our Lady before Tyn in Prague.
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The show comprises around 140 artworks 鈥 among them masterpieces by Lucas Cranach, Albrecht Durer and Hans Leinberger 鈥 that document how landscape, history painting and portraiture were re-invented with the help of this new, expressive interaction between light, colour, form and pose, creating a counterpart to the art of Durer based on the study of nature and adherence to a clearly define canon. These compositions are informed by poetry and drama, and unite man and nature to forge a single harmonious whole.
Among the highlights of the exhibition are numerous works by Altdorfer, among them the first-ever landscapes in European art history and Emperor Maximilian鈥檚 prayer book with its wealth of fantastic illustrations, the wings of Wolf Huber鈥檚 St. Anne鈥檚 altarpiece, and sculptures as spectacular as Leinberger鈥檚 bronze Madonna from Berlin or the Master IP鈥檚 magnificent carved altarpiece from the Church of Our Lady before Tyn in Prague.
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