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Carved Splendor: Late Gothic Altarpieces in Southern Germany, Austria, and South
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Carved Splendor: Late Gothic Altarpieces in Southern Germany, Austria, and South Tirol Hardback - 2006

by Rainer Kahsnitz

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Monumental carved, winged altarpieces are the most ambitious artworks from the Middle Ages, incorporating the skills of painters, sculptors, and cabinetmakers. Those that are most notable for their artistic originality and masterly execution were produced in the southern German-speaking regions, including Austria and South Tirol, in the last decades of the Late Gothic period (roughly 1460 to 1525). By that time altarpieces had evolved from low, fixed panels to large wooden structures with rich architectural ornamentation. Paintings of the saints often adorned the movable wings, while carved reliefs or freestanding sculptures of scenes from the Gospels occupied the gilded, center shrine.
Rainer Kahsnitz offers a close examination of twenty-two of the most important surviving altarpieces, discussing the historical context in which they were made and analyzing how their pictorial programs reflect changing notions of piety. The sumptuous color illustrations capture the altarpieces in all their possible arrangements. The stunning details of these pieces--riotous locks of hair, swirling fabric, and thickets of twisted vines--vividly demonstrate the consummate skill of the master artisans who created them.

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  • Title Carved Splendor: Late Gothic Altarpieces in Southern Germany, Austria, and South Tirol
  • Author Rainer Kahsnitz
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 480
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
  • Publication date October 26, 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780892368532 / 0892368535
  • Weight 9.54 lbs (4.33 kg)
  • Dimensions 12.75 x 10.5 x 2.1 in (32.39 x 26.67 x 5.33 cm)
  • Category Architecture
  • Library of Congress subjects Altarpieces, Gothic - Germany, Southern, Altarpieces, German - Germany, Southern
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2006002422
  • Dewey Decimal Code 726.529

About the author


Rainer Kahsnitz is director of the German Association of Art History in Berlin. He is the author of numerous publications on medieval sculpture, manuscript illumination, goldwork, and painting.

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