The 1000++ Artworks containing the word late, gothic

This type of sculpture, with the Christ child seated in the Virgin/

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This altarpiece is one of the earliest of its kind to survive in Germany. Mary, the other women and John are standing below the cross in the centre, and next to them are the Roman captain and staring people. Personifi cations of Ecclesia and Synagogue appear on galleries at the sides of the cross. I...

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A Masterpiece of Expressionism

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The head, an example of Italian late Gothic art, is believed to be by Giovanni Pisano who trained under his father Nicola Pisano (c. 1220/1225 - c. 1284) at his workshop, his so-called “botecca”.Style and techniqueIn terms of style and technique the head is reminiscent of the many sculptures appeari...

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Although from Milan, Giovanni was primarily active in Florence, where the refined naturalism of his figures was influential to artists working in the decades after the Black Death (the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history). The lunette-shaped picture above this doorway was probably set into...

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These two altar-wings are among the most important works of German painting in the first half of the 15th century. In the 18th century they were in the collection of the Count of Waldburg-Zeil in Schloss Wurzach, hence the name /

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These two altar-wings are among the most important works of German painting in the first half of the 15th century. In the 18th century they were in the collection of the Count of Waldburg-Zeil in Schloss Wurzach, hence the name /

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Duccio Di Buoninsegna's Maestà, also known as the Maestà of Duccio, is a stunning altarpiece composed of many individual paintings. Commissioned by the city of Siena in 1308, this master...

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The Bible tells us little about the life of the Virgin Mary. People of the Middle Ages, however, wanted to know more about the woman who had become a focus of religion, and the supreme heavenly intercessor for the created world. Thus many apocryphal legends were born, and these episodes eventually a...

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The portrait of bishop Faras, Marianos, is one of the most beautiful and well-preserved portraits of ecclesiastical officials in Nubia. It was discovered on the eastern wall of the Southern Chapel, adjacent to the southern aisle of the cathedral. Numerous portrayals of Nubian clergymen on the walls ...

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Portrait of Mary, Lady Guildford (1527) is a artwork (oil and tempera on oak) by the German painter and printmaker Hans Holbein the Younger. The painting (87 × 70.5 cm) is in the Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri.

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This triptych is by an unidentified artist who was deeply influenced by the great Sienese painter Duccio di Buoninsegna. The narrative scenes of the Passion of Christ—the events leading up to his crucifixion—are related to scenes on Duccio’s extraordinary Maestà, installed on the high altar of Siena...

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These two altar-wings are among the most important works of German painting in the first half of the 15th century. In the 18th century they were in the collection of the Count of Waldburg-Zeil in Schloss Wurzach, hence the name /

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Giotto was commissioned by the Ognissanti, or All-Saints, Church in Florence to create this screen painting, and it the only panel painting that has been universally accepted as his. As an altarpiece, the painting itself is vary large, over 10 feet tall. Scholars argue as to whether the piece would ...

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These two altar-wings are among the most important works of German painting in the first half of the 15th century. In the 18th century they were in the collection of the Count of Waldburg-Zeil in Schloss Wurzach, hence the name /

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