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Pacher's masterpiece, the St. Wolfgang Altarpiece (1471–1481), is considered one of the most remarkable carved and painted altar shrines in all of European art. It contains scenes from the life of Jesus and the Virgin Mary. [1]
Wolfgang is sometimes counted among the Fourteen Holy Helpers. He is the patron saint of woodcutters. [4] In Christian art he has been especially honoured by the medieval Tyrolean painter Michael Pacher (1430–1498), who created an imperishable memorial to him, the high altar of St. Wolfgang.
St. Wolfgang Altarpiece (1481) by Michael Pacher, St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut; San Giobbe Altarpiece by Giovanni Bellini, c. 1487, an early example whose background continues the architecture of the church; Altarpiece of Veit Stoss (1489) by Veit Stoss (St. Mary's Basilica, Kraków) Kefermarkt Altarpiece (1490–1497) by an unknown artist
St. Wolfgang's tourist attractions include the Schafbergbahn (a rack railway that runs up the Schafberg), the Hotel Weißes Rössl (the setting of the play The White Horse Inn and the 1930 operetta based on the play) and a pilgrimage church with a late Gothic altarpiece by Michael Pacher.
A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after jumping onto the main altar and knocking over 19th-century candelabra, worth several thousand dollars.
An aerial view of the Kayenta Solar Plant in Kayenta, Arizona, part of a project backed by the Department of Energy to bring clean power to communities off the main electrical grid.
The other is a late Gothic, carved wooden altarpiece made by Michael Pacher. [1] [2] Pacher made the altarpiece between 1471 and 1475. During the Baroque era, the altarpiece was considered out of date and replaced with a Baroque high altar. Pacher's altarpiece was placed in the St. Erasmus' chapel of the church.
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