Domenico Quaglio. Chapel of Saint Margaret in the City of Nuremberg, from Collection of Memorable Medieval Buildings in Germany. 1819. Germany. Lithograph in black with grey-green and pale red-orange tint stones on cream wove paper Quaglio shared the German Romantic fondness for lithography and nostalgia for medieval architecture. Unusually vivid in its use of tint-stone coloring, Quaglio’s glowing lithograph depicts the internal chamber of a chapel as if it were not only illuminated, but suffused with fire. Documenting dozens of similar sites across Germany, he would later gain a commission t
Domenico Quaglio. Chapel of Saint Margaret in the City of Nuremberg, from Collection of Memorable Medieval Buildings in Germany. 1819. Germany. Lithograph in black with grey-green and pale red-orange tint stones on cream wove paper Quaglio shared the German Romantic fondness for lithography and nostalgia for medieval architecture. Unusually vivid in its use of tint-stone coloring, Quaglio’s glowing lithograph depicts the internal chamber of a chapel as if it were not only illuminated, but suffused with fire. Documenting dozens of similar sites across Germany, he would later gain a commission to restore Hohenschwangau Castle to its Gothic glory.
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