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Isenheim altarpiece - First view Second view Third view (the wings in this picture are actually the back of those in the second one, so that they can be seen when the altar is closed, with the saints Anthony and Paul at the right side and the demons at the left) The altarpiece has two sets of wings, displaying three configurations: Wings closed:
The Chariot of Death is a large allegorical painting by Théophile Schuler. It was gifted to the Unterlinden Museum by the artist in 1862. Its inventory number is 88.RP.454. [2] The painting is considered one of the most emblematic of the collection (which includes the world-famous Isenheim Altarpiece).
While earlier Northern artists showed Christ rising out of the tomb, but still with his feet on the ground, or the tomb itself, Matthias Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece (1505–1516) has a striking composition with Christ hovering in mid-air, which was already common in Italy, for example in a Raphael altarpiece of about 1500 (see gallery) and ...
Matthias Grünewald, inner right wing of the Isenheim Altarpiece depicting the Temptation of St. Anthony, 1512-1516 (oil on panel). The Temptation of Saint Anthony is an often-repeated subject in the history of art and literature, concerning the supernatural temptation reportedly faced by Saint Anthony the Great during his sojourn in the Egyptian desert.
The work's protagonist, Matthias Grünewald, was a historical figure who flourished during the Reformation, and whose art, in particular the Isenheim Altarpiece, [1] [2] inspired many creative figures in the early 20th century. The temptation of St. Anthony from the Isenheim Altarpiece. Hindemith completed the opera, writing his own libretto ...
Interior of the Isenheim Altarpiece (c. 1500), attributed to Nikolaus Hagenauer. Nikolaus Hagenauer (c. 1445/1460 — before 1538) was a German late gothic sculptor from Hagenau (Alsace in the Holy Roman Empire, present day France).
Altarpieces were one of the most important products of Christian art especially from the late Middle Ages to the era of Baroque painting. [3] Ghent Altarpiece (1432), as above, closed view with the wings folded in. The word altarpiece, used for paintings, usually means a framed work of panel painting on wood, or later on canvas. In the Middle ...
Grünewald's John the Evangelist.This work was long thought to be a self-portrait. Matthias Grünewald (c. 1470 – 31 August 1528; also known as Mathis Gothart Nithart [1]) was a German Renaissance painter of religious works who ignored Renaissance classicism to continue the style of late medieval Central European art into the 16th century.