Decorative Arts from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance

Description: Decorative Arts from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance The description of this item has been automatically translated. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. Carsten-Peter Warncke Decorative Arts from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance Gold cardboard and cloth binding, under dust jacket, 30.5 x 43.5 cm, 408 pages, (approximately 7 kilos), very nice copyMedieval and Renaissance treasure rooms Ten centuries of applied arts in Europe When Kunstwerke und Geräthschaften des Mittelalters und der Renaissance (Works of Art and Utensils of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance) (1852–63) appeared in the mid-19th century, those who acquired it could consider themselves the owners ofa small bookish museum of exceptional treasures. Rich in its 216 hand-colored copper engravings, the work offers a vast panorama of applied arts in Europe from the 9th to the 16th century. It presents furniture, pieces of goldwork, jewelry, tapestries and covers of bound books. Among the carefully selected masterpieces it contains are pieces as varied as the golden cup of Matthias Corvinus, an enameled salt shaker, ivory combs executed in the Middle Ages, but also a ceremonial sword today disappeared. The publishing director Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) headed the Royal Cabinet of Engravings and Drawings in Munich, then the Bavarian National Museum. His work had a decisive influence on the creation of several new museums - the first being the South Kensington Museum in London, today's Victoria and Albert Museum, founded in 1852 - in which artists could study masterpieces. work of previous eras. The publication's co-director Carl Becker (1794-1859) commissioned reproductions of the old originals from many artists for Kunstwerke und Geräthschaften, but the signatures at the bottom of the plates show that most are in the hand of Jakob Heinrich von Hefner- Alteneck, who can therefore be considered the main designer of this work. Becker having died before it was completed, the figure who had the greatest influence on this work was undoubtedly Hefner-Alteneck. Before collaborating with Becker, Hefner-Alteneck had published a book devoted to the costumes of the Christian Middle Ages, Trachten des christlichen Mittelalters. Through their publication, Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck and Carl Becker testify to the revived interest, in the 19th century, for medieval and Renaissance art. By choosing masterpieces from public and private collections and fixing them down to the details with faithful images, they create a document of high artistic standards, transmitting to posterity pieces, some of which are now lost. Thanks to this commented reissue, TASCHEN once again makes a major publication accessible, offering to our eyes the treasures of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The complete reprint of the 216 sumptuous hand-colored copper engravings was made from the original, which belongs to the Württemberg Regional Library in Stuttgart. About the author: Carsten-Peter Warncke studied art history, classical archeology and literature in Vienna, Heidelberg and Hamburg. He completed his thesis in 1975 and is today professor of art history at the University of Göttingen. Shipments outside the European Union are subject to charges When Kunstwerke und Geräthschaften des Mittelalters und der Renaissance (Works of Art and Utensils of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance) (1852–63) appeared in the mid-19th century, those who acquired it could consider themselves the owners ofa small bookish museum of exceptional treasures. Rich in its 216 hand-colored copper engravings, the work offers a vast panorama of applied arts in Europe from the 9th to the 16th century. It presents furniture, pieces of goldwork, jewelry, tapestries and covers of bound books. Among the carefully selected masterpieces it contains are pieces as varied as the golden cup of Matthias Corvinus, an enameled salt shaker, ivory combs executed in the Middle Ages, but also a ceremonial sword today disappeared. The publication's co-director Carl Beck ISBN 9783836505185

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