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5 Mrz 2010

gorgeous new book about “Gotik Art” :)

Some time ago I visited a bookshop in the first district here in Vienna and found a gorgeous book in the antiquarian part of the bookshop in the cellar…

…after comparing the price online I decided to order a copy at Amazon.de and I still love it!!! :)

Gotische Kunst

ISBN 3-451-19403-1
A4 size, 638 pages
980 pictures (183 color pictures)
text: German


Cover picture: Ursula-Schrein. Hans Memling. Eichenholz, vergoldet. 1489, Brügge, Johannes-Hospital

You can find beautiful photos like the following pics in this great book – just for example:

# 30 – Kathedrale St. Etheldreda / cathedral …
Blick in die Vierung. / view into the intersection
1328-1340 erneuert. / … renewed
Ely.

# 31 – Westminster Abbey, Chapel of Henry VII
Blick in das Gewölbe. / view into the vault (?)
Zwischen 1503 und 1509. / between …
London

# 60 – Der Fürst der Welt / the prince of the world
Figur vom südlichen Westportal des Straßburger Münsters. / statue – southern west-portal of the Straßburger minster/cathedral
Stein. Höhe 1,70 m. /stone. height …
1280-1290.
Straßburg, Frauenhaus-Museum.

# 61 – Kluge Jungfrau / clever virgin
Figur vom südlichen Westportal des Straßburger Münsters. (see above)
Stein.
1280-1290.
Straßburg, Frauenhaus-Museum.

# 98 – Angler an einem Fischteich / fishermen by the (?) fishpond
Fresko in der Chambre du Cerf. / fresco in the …
Ausschnitt. / detail
1343.
Avignon, Papstpalast. / …, palace of the pope

# 127 – Francesco D’Este
Rogier van der Weyden.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

# 128 – Bildnis einer jungen Frau / painting of a young woman
Petrus Christus.
Nach 1446. / after …
Berlin, Staatliche Museen.

# 129 – Bildnis der Maria von Burgund
zweite Hälfte des 15.Jhd. / 2nd half of the 15th century
Chantilly, Musée Condé.

# 143 – Guillaume de Machaut
empfängt den Besuch der Natura / welcomes the visit of the “Natura”
und ihrer drei Kinder / and her three children
Vernunft, Rhetorik und Musik / reason, rhetoric and music
um 1390. / about …
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.

# 160 – Die Jagd auf das Einhorn / the hunt of the unicorn
Leinen, Seide und Metallfäden / linen, silk and metal-threads
um 1500. / about …
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters

# 166 – Maria mit dem Kind / Maria with the child
…
Erstes Drittel des 13. Jhd /first third of the 13th century
Namur, Schatzkammer der Kirche Notre-Dame / Namur, treasury of the church …

# 167 – Kelch des Gilles de Walcourt
…
Um 1228-1230. / about …
Namur, Schatzkammer der Kirche Notre-Dame

# 168 – Kelch der heiligen Agnes
…
Paris, um 1380 (Inschrift von 1610)
London, British Museum

#169 Trinkbecher, der sogenannte Affenpokal
…
Frankreich, um 1430-1440 / France, about …
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters

# 181 – Maria im geschlossenen Garten
(Hortus conclusus)
Vom Meister der Berliner Passion (zweite Hälfte des 15.Jhd / second half of the 15th century)
Kupferstich
…
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.

# 182 – Messe des heiligen Gregor
Vom Meister I. A. M.
(zweite Hälfte des 15. Jhd)
Kupferstich
…
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale.

# 240 – # 248

# 240 – Kopf der Maria mit dem Kind. 2.Viertel des 14Jhd. Paris, Kathedrale / head of the Maria with the child. 2nd quarter of the 14th century. Paris, cathedral.

# 241 – Kopf der hl. Katherina. 1374-1384. Courtrai, Notre-Dame.

# 242 – Kopf der “Notre-Dame de Grasse”. Zwischen (between) 1430-1440.

# 243 – Kopf der Maria mit dem Kind, der sog. Vierge Bulliot. Mitte (middle) des 15.Jhd.

# 244 – Kopf der Maria aus einer Pietà. Aus Appenzell. Um (about) 1420.

# 245 – Kopf der Maria mit dem Kind. 2. Viertel des 14.Jhd.

# 246 – Kopf der Grabfigur der Marguerite d’Artois. Aus der Jakobinerkirche in Paris. 2.Viertel des 14.Jhd.

# 247 – Kopf der Margarete von Luxemburg. 1312

# 248 – Kopf einer der Törichten Jungfrauen. Vom südlichen Westportal des Straßburger Münsters. Um 1280-1290.

# 301 – # 312

…

right side:

# 306 – Die Klugen und die Törichten Jungfrauen. Portal der Vorhalle. 3. Viertel des 13. Jhd. Magdeburg, Dom.

# 307 – 312 – Köpfe der Klugen und der Törichten Jungfrauen. Portal der Vorhalle. 3. Viertel des 13.Jhd. Magdeburg, Dom.

# 396 – # 403

…

# 489 – # 497

…

# 520 – # 527

…

…interested into this book but you can’t read/understand German? Please don’t worry – there are plenty beautiful pics in this book and if you really want to understand some of the text you can consult http://dict.leo.org/ or http://woerterbuch.reverso.net/ or just ask one of the SCA-members living in Austria or Germany who can translate it for you :)
…such a lovely book! …such great pics! …get the book if you can get it for a reasonable price :)

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