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Marienberg Fortress. The claim that both of his hands were broken during the torture, which ended his artistic career, is today considered to be a legend without base in fact. It probably only originated in the 19th century after his "rediscovery". Together with the rest of the council, Tilman was set free after two months, with loss of most of his property. The only order he is known to have received after this was work in 1527 for a Benedictine nunnery at Kitzingen. Until his death on 7 July 1531 at Würzburg, he led a retired life with his fourth wife. His son Jörg from his second marriage continued the workshop after his death.
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By 1500, he had developed an outstanding reputation as an artist and had become a wealthy Würzburg citizen. Not only did he own a number of houses, but he also was a landowner with his own vineyards. His flourishing workshop is estimated to have provided work for as many as 40 employees. Between 1501
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serves as an apprentice with a master sculptor who is socially prominent in the town where he worked and whose character appears to be loosely based on that of Riemenschneider. He serves both as an artistic inspiration for Goldmund and as a foil for the less restrained temperament of Goldmund. Hesse
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style. Notably the tomb for Lorenz von Bibra (see below) is considered as one of the pieces marking the transition from Gothic to Renaissance art. Riemenschneider's early success as a sculptor was due to the plasticity of his works, with great care being taken of modeling the folds of garments. This
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to fight the revolting peasants. On 4 June 1525, the peasant's army was destroyed, with 8,000 killed, just outside Würzburg by the troops of Georg, Steward of Waldburg-Zeil, and the bishop. After the town surrendered, the full town council, including Riemenschneider, was incarcerated and tortured in
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In 1483, he settled in Würzburg. On 7 December 1483, he joined the Saint Luke's Guild of painters, sculptors, and glass workers as a painter's assistant. On 28 February 1485, he married Anna Schmidt (born Uchenhofer), a widow of a master goldsmith with three sons. This marriage not only brought him
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His work is equally characterized by the expressiveness of the figurines' faces (often shown with an inward look, as in the presumed self-portrait). The emphasis on expression of inner emotions sets Riemenschneider's work apart from that of his immediate predecessors, although his later work show
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In 1494, Riemenschneider's first wife died, leaving him with three stepsons and a daughter. In keeping with the times and his status, he remarried Anna Rappolt in 1497. They had two daughters and three sons, all of whom seem to have inherited their father's artistic talent. In 1495, he created a
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His increasing engagement in local politics at a time of heavy order volume meant that his employees and apprentices took a more prominent role in the creation of the workshop's output. Art historians have been able to identify specific figures as the work of individual workers.
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Riemenschneider likely came to Würzburg for the first time at the age of 18 in 1478/79. His uncle served as notary and financial advisor to the bishop there, but he did not stay for long. Around 1473, Riemenschneider learned the trade of sculpting and woodcarving, likely in
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and 1517 he had twelve apprentices registered, more than any other in Würzburg, and in 1508 he stated three stone sculptors would work for him. For that timespan alone at least a dozen retables are known to have been made by Riemenschneider's workshop.
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Also in 1485, Riemenschneider became a citizen of Würzburg, which made it possible to attain the status of master craftsman, and opened a workshop in Franziskanergasse, in the home of his wife.
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Riemenschneider is seen today as one of the first sculptors of the 15th century who did not have all his figures painted. Prior to the 1490s, almost every sculpture had been polychromed and
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Specifically the reflections of light in the eyes in the panel paintings by Schwarz are similar to the painted eyes of Riemenschneider's figures. Marincola in Chapuis 1999, S. 107f.
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Since his rediscovery in the 19th century countless sculptural works from the region were attributed to him. The largest collection of his work, 81 pieces, can be found in the
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carving first and only later turned to wood carving. Some wooden figures, though unmistakably his own work, show some signs of less-than-perfect choice of wood or handling.
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catalogue of the exhibition at Mainfränkisches Museum Würzburg and Cathedral Museum, Würzburg, Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner, 2004, ISBN 3-7954-1661-2 (German).
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four times. He married again, in 1520, a woman of whom only the first name, Margarethe, is known. In 1520/1, Riemenschneider was one of two mayors of Würzburg.
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views the Riemenschneider figures as showing the serious personal piety in Germany in the late fifteenth century and as harbingers of the coming
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from the high altar of the Franciscan church in Rothenburg o. d. T., c. 1485/1490, with original painting by Martin Schwarz (Bode Museum, Berlin)
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characteristics, simplified forms with less volume that were easier to dublicate, and may be also a sign of restraint due to the upcoming
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Due to his loss of status, Riemenschneider was soon forgotten as an artist, other than for the two epitaphs of Bishops
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with six angels. It was set up in 1492. In 1491, the town council of Würzburg ordered two life-sized stone figures of
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way of sculpting the clothing as well as the typical oval faces and almond-shaped eyes were modelled on art from the
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describes Riemenschneider's statue of Mary with child which resides in the Pfarrkirche St Burkard in Würzburg as:
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Original central Ascension figures, and the upper relief of left wing today at Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich,
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the other relief of the left wing, and the four sitting Apostles from the predella in the Bode Museum, Berlin
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When Riemenschneider was about five years old, his father was involved in a violent political conflict, the
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from 1483. He was one of the most prolific and versatile sculptors of the transition period between the
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More high-profile work followed: In 1496 Riemenschneider received the commission by Prince-Bishop at
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booklet to the exhibition at Mainfränkisches Museum Würzburg and Cathedral Museum, Würzburg, 2004.
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In 1508, Riemenschneider married Margaretha Wurzbach. From 1509 until 1522 he was a member of the
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region of the 1470s, implying that Riemenschneider may have learned his trade either there or at
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property, but it also meant that he could end his apprenticeship and become a master craftsman.
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His earliest confirmed work is the gravestone of Eberhard von Grumbach in the parish church (
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Most of his subjects are religious, including several very large and spectacular carved wood
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The Trees of the Cross: Wood as Subject and Medium in Late Medieval Germany
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The sculptures and woodcarvings of Tilman Riemenschneider are in the late
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in Würzburg, including most stone sculptures from the city's churches.
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In November 1504, Riemenschneider became a member of the sub-council (
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and stone. He was also a local politician in the council of Würzburg.
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Limewood carved figure of Saint George Fighting the Dragon, c. 1490 (
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Eve, from the Marienkapelle, both today in the Mainfränkische Museum
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from the Magdalene Altarpiece, Münnerstadt (1490–1492), limewood,
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Baxandall 1980, p. ? (German edition 1984, p. 188–195, 336).
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Schroll, Wien 1978, ISBN 3-7031-0472-4 (with Index to all vols.).
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c. 1510, formerly Acholshausen, Mainfränkisches Museum, Würzburg
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St James the Elder, c. 1505, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, München
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Tilman Riemenschneider: Master Sculptor of the Late Middle Ages
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Tilman Riemenschneider: Master Sculptor of the Late Middle Ages
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Adam, from the south portal of the Marienkapelle, c. 1491/1494
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St John the Baptist, c. 1490, Pfarrkirche St. Kilian, Haßfurt
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Tilman Riemenschneider – Werke seiner Blütezeit (German)
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Tilman Riemenschneider was born around the year 1460 at
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Madonna and Child, 1493, Neumünster, Würzburg (detail)
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Tilman Riemenschneider—The Sculptor and His Workshop
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of the Münnerstädter high altar, Bode Museum, Berlin
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Baxandall, p. ? (German edition 1984, p. 335).
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Franken – Kunst, Geschichte und Landschaft (German)
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