Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 13: Altarpiece from Minden Cathedral; Coronation of the Virgin
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Collection:
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Archivision Base to Module 13
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Preferred Title:
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Altarpiece from Minden Cathedral; Coronation of the Virgin
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Alternate Title:
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Coronation of the Virgin with the Apostles
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Image View:
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Detail, small openwork carved roundels in a band at the apostles' feet
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Creator:
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unknown (German)
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Location:
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repository: Bode Museum (Berlin, Berlin (state), Germany)
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Location Note:
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Museum Island
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GPS:
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+52.521944+13.394722
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Date:
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1220-1250 and ca. 1425 (inclusive)
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Cultural Context:
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German
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Style Period:
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Gothic (Medieval)
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Work Type 1:
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altarpiece
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Work Type 2:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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sculpture
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Material:
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wood (oak)
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Description:
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The carved wood winged altarpiece was originally from Minden Cathedral. The coronation scene is emphasized by a circular frame. The altarpiece was altered in roughly 1425. Above the figures the shrine was filled with large architectural baldachins, which were now conceived, as already in isolated examples from the late fourteenth century, as truly three-dimensional architectural elements, rather than simply a flat crowning of arches. (Source: Kahsnitz, Rainer; Carved Splendor: Late Gothic Altarpieces in Southern Germany, Austria, And South Tirol, Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2006 (0892368535))
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Eight
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Identifier:
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7A3-M-BOM-AMC-A07
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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