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Martin Von Wagner Museum
The Martin von Wagner Museum contains the art collection of the University of Würzburg and has been located in the south wing of the Würzburg Residence since 1963. It is among the largest university museums in Europe. History Franz Joseph Fröhlich, a musicologist and lecturer of the arts at the University of Würzburg assembled the collection as it was formerly know ''Ästhetisches Attribut'' in 1832 with a purchase budget by the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior. This was the nucleus of the university art museum, which was then located on the upper floor of the old university. Fröhlich's art collection, mainly comprised Dutch masters of the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1857 the German-Roman painter and sculptor Johann Martin von Wagner (1777-1858) donated his large collection of ancient and modern works which substantially extended the art collection. Wagner was also active as an archaeologist built up this large collection while working as artistic agent for the Kingdom o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent. Today, Mesopotamia is known as present-day Iraq and forms the eastern geographic boundary of the modern Middle East. Just beyond it lies southwestern Iran, where the region transitions into the Iranian plateau, Persian plateau, marking the shift from the Arab world to Iran. In the broader sense, the historical region of Mesopotamia also includes parts of present-day Iran (southwest), Turkey (southeast), Syria (northeast), and Kuwait. Mesopotamia is the site of the earliest developments of the Neolithic Revolution from around 10,000 BC. It has been identified as having "inspired some of the most important developments in human history, including the invention of the wheel, the planting of the first cereal crops, the development of cursive script, mathematics, astronomy, and agriculture". It is recognised as the cradle of some of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartholomäus Spranger
Bartholomeus Spranger or Bartholomaeus SprangerBartholomeus Spranger at the (21 March 1546 – 1611) was a painter, draughtsman, sculptor, and designer of prints. Working in Prague as a court artist for the Holy Roman emperor Rudolf II, he responded to his patron's aesthetic preferen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Leonhard Schäufelein
Hans Leonhard Schäufelein (c. 1480–1540) was a German artist, as a painter and designer of woodcuts. Biography He was born in Nuremberg, probably studied under Wohlgemut, and then became the assistant of Dürer, whom he imitated. In 1512 he went to Augsburg and in 1515 removed to Nordlingen. He is a graceful narrator, and his types, though rarely accurately drawn, are attractive, but he lacks power and depth. Characteristic early paintings are the altarpiece at Ober Sankt Veit near Vienna (1502), "Scenes from the Life of Christ" (Dresden Gallery), and " St. Jerome" (Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg). To his Nordlingen period belong his masterpiece, the so-called "Ziegler Altar" for St. George's Church (1521), part of which is still in the church, part in the museum; "Scenes from the Story of Judith," in the town hall; and the illuminated Psalter for Count von Ottingen, now in the Berlin print room. His most important woodcuts are those for the '' Theuerdank'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Art
Since ancient times, the Italian peninsula has been home to diverse civilizations: the Greeks in the south, the Etruscans in the centre, and the Celts in the north. The numerous Rock Drawings in Valcamonica date back as far as 8,000 BC. Rich artistic remains survive from the Etruscan civilization, including thousands of tombs, as well as from the Greek colonies at Paestum, Agrigento, and other sites. With the rise of Ancient Rome, Italy became the cultural and political centre of a vast empire. Roman ruins across the country are extraordinarily rich, from the grand imperial monuments of Rome to the remarkably preserved everyday architecture of Pompeii and neighbouring sites. Following the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Italy remained an important artistic centre throughout the Middle Ages. The country saw significant contributions to Carolingian art, Ottonian art, and Norman art, as well as the flourishing of Byzantine art in cities such as Ravenna. Italy was the main ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Art
Dutch art describes the history of visual arts in the Netherlands, after the United Provinces separated from Flanders. Earlier painting in the area is covered in Early Netherlandish painting and Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting. Dutch Golden Age painting, spanning from about 1620 to 1680, was a distinct style and movement that evolved out of the Flemish Baroque tradition. It was a period of great artistic achievement in the Netherlands. There was a healthy artistic climate in Dutch cities during the seventeenth century. For example, between 1605 and 1635, over 100,000 paintings were produced in Haarlem. At that time, art ownership in the city was 25%, a record high. After the end of the Golden Age, production of paintings remained high, but ceased to influence the rest of Europe as strongly. Many painters, sculptors and architects of the seventeenth century are called " Dutch masters", while earlier artists are generally referred to as part of the "Netherlandish" trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Art
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Brygos Cup Of Würzburg
Brygos was an ancient Greek potter, active in Athens between 490 and 470 BC. He is known as a producer of excellent drinking cups. About 200 of his pieces are known. The workshop of Brygos employed a red-figure vase painter who is conventionally called the Brygos Painter. The Brygos Painter is one of the most famous vase painters of his time. His work is characterised by its high quality and realistic depictions. The workshop of Brygos also employed the Briseis Painter, among others. See also *Pottery of ancient Greece Pottery, due to its relative durability, comprises a large part of the archaeological record of ancient Greece, and since there is so much of it (over 100,000 painted vases are recorded in the Corpus vasorum antiquorum), it has exerted a dispro ... * Art in ancient Greece Bibliography *Ingeborg Scheibler. ''Griechische Töpferkunst'', C. H. Beck. External linksGetty Museum - Brygos Potter Ancient Greek potters Anonymous artists of antiquity Year of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Seasons Altar Of Würzburg
A Roman decorated altar dating from early in the reign of Claudius (around AD 40) is known as the Four seasons altar of Würzburg ( de: ''Würzburger Vierjahreszeitenaltar''). It is kept in the Martin von Wagner Museum in Würzburg under the inventory number ''H 5056''. Discovery The altar was found in 1886 on the Pincian Hill in Rome, once the site of the Horti Sallustiani and later an imperial property. The altar was immediately published, but it was soon forgotten. Decades later it turned up in an American private collection. In 1966 it was brought back to Rome, thanks to the artefact trade of Gorgio Fallani. There it was acquired for the antiquities division of Martin von Wagner Museum in Würzburg by Erika Simon who recognised the lost altar. The Italian state could raise no claim to the work after eighty years. The work was almost taken by the Antikensammlung Berlin, after Erika Simon made Friedrich Matz Junior and the director of the West Berlin collection Adolf Greif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamarce Oinochoe
The Mamarce Oinochoe is an Etruscan civilisation, Etruscan vessel of art historical significance which is dated to around 640/20 BC. Today the oinochoe is kept in Martin von Wagner Museum in Würzburg, where it has the inventory number ''H 5724''. Description and style Not including the handle, it has a height of 20.5 centimetres and a maximum diameter of 11.6 centimetres. The spout of the vessel widens slightly from the concave neck. Features such as its trefoil mouth, truncated column neck, pear-shaped body, low disk-shaped foot and strap handle indicate a fairly advanced stage of development, on which account it should be dated to the second or third quarter of the seventh century, probably between 640 and 620. In many respects, the Oinochoe of the Mamarce potter combines several cultural traditions together. Firstly, the vessel is a work in the Impasto (pottery), impasto style which was typical of the Villanova culture. As was the norm, very fine-grained clay was used and it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellenistic Art
Hellenistic art is the art of the Hellenistic period generally taken to begin with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and end with the Roman Greece, conquest of the Greek world by the Romans, a process well underway by 146 BC, when the Greek mainland was taken, and essentially ending in 30 BC with the conquest of Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemaic Egypt following the Battle of Actium. A number of the best-known works of Greek sculpture belong to this period, including ''Laocoön and His Sons'', ''Dying Gaul'', ''Venus de Milo'', and the ''Winged Victory of Samothrace''. It follows the period of Ancient Greek art, Classical Greek art, while the succeeding Roman art, Greco-Roman art was very largely a continuation of Hellenistic trends. The term ''Hellenistic'' refers to the expansion of Greek influence and dissemination of its ideas following the death of Alexander – the "Hellenizing" of the world, with Koine Greek as a common language. The term is a modern invention; the Hell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mycenaean Pottery
Mycenaean pottery is the pottery tradition associated with the Mycenaean Greece, Mycenaean period in Ancient Greece. It encompassed a variety of styles and forms including the stirrup jar. The term "Mycenaean" comes from the site Mycenae, and was first applied by Heinrich Schliemann. Chronology The Mycenaean era corresponds to the period known as ''Late Helladic'', often abbreviated ''LH'', in the standard relative chronology for mainland Greece. This period is divided into sub-periods using Roman numerals (e.g. LH I, LH II, LH III) which are further divided into sub-sub-periods using capital letters (e.g. LH IIIA, LH IIIB, LH IIIC). This divisions are useful because archaeologists typically use changes in pottery styles as an indication of broader changes in culture. Many writers compare prehistory to a stage on which different ceramic characters appear and play a role. In absolute dating, the Mycenaean period corresponds to c. 1600 - 1000 BC. An alternative periodization di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
