Veit stoss biography of martin

 

In , in spite of the restriction on his movements, Stoss travelled to Munnerstadt and painted the altar of Tilman Riemenschneider.

Veit stoss biography of martin Works of art Look at all works. Read Edit View history. In he falsified papers and was condemned to death. In , Emperor Maximilian wrote a letter of pardon.

In he was arrested again for a brief period. Nevertheless, his artistic ability was highly respected and the commissions continued to arrive. In , the Emperor requested his input for the planning of the Imperial tomb in the Hofkirche, Innsbruck. Between , he worked for a rich merchant called Florentine Raphael Torrigiani, who paid for several church sculptures in an attempt to guarantee his place in heaven.

One such item of sculpture, very famous now, is Tobias and the Angel (), now in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg.

Veit stoss biography of martin luther Other parts of the altarpiece are made from oak and the background is constructed with larch wood. Moreover, his brother was certainly born in Aarau in northern Switzerland, which suggests that the artist's family lived in the region and that Stoss was rather born in the town of Horben, located 30 km southeast of Aarau [ 2 ] His exact date of birth is unknown though it must have been shortly before He died in and was buried at St. For later works, please see: How to Appreciate Modern Sculpture.

In Stoss began work on another important work of Biblical art, namely, The Virgin Altarpiece of Bamberg Cathedral. Originally made for a Carmelite convent in Nuremberg, it was subsequently transferred to Bamberg by Stoss' son during the reformation.

Note About Sculpture Appreciation
To learn how to judge artists like the Late Gothic religious wood-carver Veit Stoss, see: How to Appreciate Sculpture.

For later works, please see: How to Appreciate Modern Sculpture.

Style of Sculpture and Legacy

Stoss created wood carvings that were angular, nervous and realistic looking. He synthesized the sculptural styles of Flemish and Danubian art, which along with the realistic sculptural art of his contemporary Nicolaus Gerhaert von Leyden, would go on to influence the development of late Gothic art in Germany.

His later works show some restraint and careful study, which may have been a result of studying the works of the painter Albrecht Durer.

According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, Stoss was one of the first Northern European artists that could favourably be compared with Italian Renaissance artists. His influence over later German Baroque sculptors, like the German master carver Jorg Zurn () - famous for the extraordinary High Altar of the Virgin Mary (), in the Church of Saint Nicholas at Uberlingen - should not be underestimated.

He died in and was buried at St.

Johannis cemetery in Nuremberg.