. A short history of art . pture in Germany was Adam KrafFt, a native ofNuremberg. One of his most important works was the Seven Stages ofthe Cross, on the road leading to the Cemetery of St. figures are in high relief: they are not idealised; theircostumes reproduce the Nuremberg costumes of the day, andthe drapery is full of angular folds. The expression of theChrist is noble, and his face calm. Tilman Riemenschneider (b. about 1460) of Wiirzburgwas another stone-carver of note. His monument to the Emperor Henry II. and his wifeKunigunde is a remarkable work. It consists of a richly
. A short history of art . pture in Germany was Adam KrafFt, a native ofNuremberg. One of his most important works was the Seven Stages ofthe Cross, on the road leading to the Cemetery of St. figures are in high relief: they are not idealised; theircostumes reproduce the Nuremberg costumes of the day, andthe drapery is full of angular folds. The expression of theChrist is noble, and his face calm. Tilman Riemenschneider (b. about 1460) of Wiirzburgwas another stone-carver of note. His monument to the Emperor Henry II. and his wifeKunigunde is a remarkable work. It consists of a richly dec-orated sarcophagus, upon which are excellent portrait-figuresof the emperor and empress. Five scenes from their life areon the sides of the sarcophagus. Nuremberg, the headquarters of wood-carving and stone-sculpture, was no less eminent in bronze-work. Peter Vischer (d. 1529), like Albrecht Diirer, always putthe date and his monogram upon his works. His masterpieceis the tomb of St. Sebald at Nuremberg. The sarcopha-. JOIIX OF BOLOGNA BAKGELLO, PLORENCE THE FLYING MERCURYFreedom and grace and decorative arrangement.
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