Strasbourg 1560-1600. The Revival of the Arts.
Museums of the city of Strasbourg.| N° d'inventaire | 30639 |
| Format | 21.5 x 31.7 |
| Détails | 276 p., hardcover. |
| Publication | Strasbourg, 2024. |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782351252178 |
Catalogue of the Strasbourg 1560-1600 exhibition
At the end of the 16th century, Strasbourg was a prominent artistic center, whose activity owed much to its privileged geographical position in the heart of Europe.
This period of revival of the arts after the decline in activity following the Reformation is poorly understood, because a large part of the production disappeared or was dispersed.
The exhibition and its catalogue explore this final season of the Renaissance, marked by the diffusion across all the arts of the new ornamental grammar inspired by ancient canons and its adoption by artists and craftspeople of all specialties. It also provides a more general context, which allows us to evoke literary production as well as the dynamism of the educational and scientific fields and editorial production.
The most significant contribution was that of two leading artistic figures, both designers, engravers and painters of mural decorations, who introduced the ornamental games of Mannerism to Strasbourg.
Tobias Stimmer (1539-1584), a prolific engraver, was also responsible for the decorations for the cathedral's famous monumental astronomical clock. His recently restored grisaille designs on canvas for the clock's sculptures (circa 1571) are being presented to the public for the first time. In a more fantastical vein, the plates from the three volumes of Wendel Dietterlin's Architectura (1551-1599), also known for his numerous mural paintings, are astonishing in their exuberant verve and decorative overload and would remain influential until the Baroque period.
Key works are the subject of detailed contributions, such as the cathedral's astronomical clock, the grisailles of Tobias Stimmer, and the engravings of Wendel Dietterlin. This book fills a bibliographical gap on this particularly little-known period, with an in-depth and generously illustrated discussion.
Catalogue of the Strasbourg 1560-1600 exhibition
At the end of the 16th century, Strasbourg was a prominent artistic center, whose activity owed much to its privileged geographical position in the heart of Europe.
This period of revival of the arts after the decline in activity following the Reformation is poorly understood, because a large part of the production disappeared or was dispersed.
The exhibition and its catalogue explore this final season of the Renaissance, marked by the diffusion across all the arts of the new ornamental grammar inspired by ancient canons and its adoption by artists and craftspeople of all specialties. It also provides a more general context, which allows us to evoke literary production as well as the dynamism of the educational and scientific fields and editorial production.
The most significant contribution was that of two leading artistic figures, both designers, engravers and painters of mural decorations, who introduced the ornamental games of Mannerism to Strasbourg.
Tobias Stimmer (1539-1584), a prolific engraver, was also responsible for the decorations for the cathedral's famous monumental astronomical clock. His recently restored grisaille designs on canvas for the clock's sculptures (circa 1571) are being presented to the public for the first time. In a more fantastical vein, the plates from the three volumes of Wendel Dietterlin's Architectura (1551-1599), also known for his numerous mural paintings, are astonishing in their exuberant verve and decorative overload and would remain influential until the Baroque period.
Key works are the subject of detailed contributions, such as the cathedral's astronomical clock, the grisailles of Tobias Stimmer, and the engravings of Wendel Dietterlin. This book fills a bibliographical gap on this particularly little-known period, with an in-depth and generously illustrated discussion.