Title | The story of Nuremberg |
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Publisher | J. M. Dent & Co. |
Date | 1899 |
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Language | English |
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Original Item Extent | 303 pages; 18 cm |
Original Item Location | DD901.N93 H4 1899 |
Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b1684865~S11 |
Digital Collection | Exotic Impressions: Views of Foreign Lands |
Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic |
Repository | Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries |
Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/william-r-jenkins-architecture-art-library |
Use and Reproduction | No Copyright - United States |
Identifier | exotic_201304_001 |
Title | Page 200 |
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File Name | exotic_201304_001_203.jpg |
Transcript | Nuremberg ably ti. I examples of Nuremberg sculpture are the figures of Adam and E*i phets round tlu- po he. Tin >m the teenth century. Ln point of si .tion it is a far cry from these stern and angu to the almost supernatural grace and lightness ot KrafTVs Pix within the cathedral Well did lege I lim the j)retty compliment of saying that he knew the art of fouru;: like bronze. Tender and graceful as the shows hi: vigour of his reliefs arc equally remarkable. His treatment of the folds of garments stems to reflect the influence of the Netherland school, and to point to a dangerous striving after the elfects of painting. For his subject* . which he interpreted in the terms of Nuremberg lit- llis figures, like those in the wo contemporaries at Nurem not to say dtunpy, and reflect, no doubt, tl round him. But always the homely Nuremberg costumes in which tin seem to bring the set ayed nearer to our h and thereby when I Mary draws tO of her crucified Son, or a Magdalene .it the feet of Jesus et with Ik impressed the more vividly with sympathy for thd One of I if, as I think, it is indeed by him, is the I aunt over the Schauthiire, on ildskircrn . 1 I works of unqiu horitv an ot the Cross on the Hurgschmietsstraase. These are a series of bas-reliefs 00 efCfl pillars, each representing ■ In the paisJOO of OUI Lord. Starting from the fohn'i churchyard. Some of them are much defaced bv time and some bare been careful I v restored by Burgschmiet, 200 |