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Around 1505 Goossen Van der Weyden, Rogier's grandson, painted a
monumental altarpiece depicting the various phases of Saint
Dymphna's insane life. This Irish princess, who fled her incestuous
father in the sixth century, was beheaded in the Kempen village of
Geel. On account of her tragic end and uncompromising chastity, the
princess was venerated from that moment on as the patron saint of
the mentally ill. From the late Middle Ages, pilgrims flocked to
Geel in large numbers to catch a glimpse of Saint Dymphna. They
paid homage to the local celebrity in the hope that she would
alleviate their mental problems. To this day, Geel is known for its
unique treatment of the mentally ill, who are cared for at home by
locals. Goossen Van der Weyden's altarpiece came into being at the
height of Dymphna's popularity. The masterpiece was intended for
the church of Tongerlo Abbey. Today this work is characterised by a
remarkable iconography and an eventful history: a panel was lost
and the triptych was even sawn into pieces. It ultimately came into
the hands of a team of specialists from Belgium and abroad who
subjected the altarpiece to a meticulous conservation over a period
of three years, a colossal undertaking during which new techniques
were used. This gave the conservators unprecedented insight into
the mind, and workshop, of an early 16th century painter. This
richly illustrated book is the result of years of research and
contains essays by Till-Holger Borchert (Musea Brugge), Stephan
Kemperdick (Gemaldegalerie, Staatliche Museen, Berlin), Katharina
Van Cauteren (The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp), Lucinda Timmermans
(Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam), Patrick Allegaert (Dr. Guislain Museum,
Ghent) and many others.
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Late Gothic - The Birth of Modernity (Paperback)
Staatliche Museen Berlin; Text written by Julien Chapuis; Stephan Kemperdick, Lothar Lambacher, Jan Friedrich, …
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Hardly any other epoch in art history has been marked by as many
profound changes as the Late Gothic was in the fifteenth century.
Inspired by Netherlandish role models, depictions of light and
shadow, body and space, became increasingly more realistic.
Everyday life found entry into the arts. With the invention of
printing, images and texts were distributed to an extent previously
unheard of. Artists such as Nicolaus Gerhaert and Martin Schongauer
became widely known and influenced the development of the visual
arts throughout Europe and across all genres. Featuring a wide
selection of works, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin present the
first extensive exhibition of Late Gothic art in the
German-speaking regions. Its comparison and contrast of the various
genres turns the catalogue into a handbook for the arts at the
threshold of the modern era.
Der Grundstein fur eine oeffentliche Kunstsammlung von Weltrang in
Berlin wurde 1821 gelegt: Damals erwarb der preussische Staat fur
das zu grundende Berliner Museum die Gemaldesammlung des Kaufmanns
Edward Solly (1776-1844). Dieser kosmopolitische Kunstfreund
brachte in Berlin zwischen 1815 und 1820 Tausende Gemalde vor allem
aus Italien, Deutschland und den Niederlanden zusammen, viele
stammten von bis dahin kaum bekannten, seitdem und bis heute aber
hochgeschatzten Kunstlern. Die Ausstellung und der begleitende
Katalog stellen Meisterwerke, Wiederentdeckungen und "historische
Merkwurdigkeiten" in einem reprasentativen Querschnitt vor und
eroeffnen den Blick in eine Zeit, die einerseits unsere
Vorstellungen von Kunst und Museen pragte, andererseits doch so
ganz anders auf die Werke blickte, als wir es heute tun.
Hardly any other epoch in art history has been marked by as many
profound changes as the Late Gothic was in the fifteenth century.
Inspired by Netherlandish role models, depictions of light and
shadow, body and space, became increasingly more realistic.
Everyday life found entry into the arts. With the invention of
printing, images and texts were distributed to an extent previously
unheard of. Artists such as Nicolaus Gerhaert and Martin Schongauer
became widely known and influenced the development of the visual
arts throughout Europe and across all genres. Featuring a wide
selection of works, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin present the
first extensive exhibition of Late Gothic art in the
German-speaking regions. Its comparison and contrast of the various
genres turns the catalogue into a handbook for the arts at the
threshold of the modern era.
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