Jörg Unkair
Jörg Unkair , also called Master of Tübingen (* before 1500 in Lustnau near Tübingen , † 1553 in Detmold ) was a builder and sculptor .
As a young man he had helped build the Strasbourg Cathedral , Überlingen and Bebenhausen Monastery , later he created the earliest buildings in the form of the Renaissance in northern Germany , also known as the Weser Renaissance in this region . The architectural design of Jörg Unkair is characterized by the use of simple large geometric shapes with semicircular, so-called "Welschen" gables based on the example of Venetian Renaissance architecture, such as the Scuola Grande di San Marco , in combination with traditional late Gothic profile shapes and branch framing .
Works (selection)
- from 1524 to approx. 1526 Neuhaus Castle near Paderborn , for the Paderborn Bishop Erich von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen
- from approx. 1530 to 1532 Schelenburg near Osnabrück for Sweder von Schele
- from 1535 to 1539 Stadthagen Castle for Count Adolf XI. from Schaumburg
- around 1540 moated castle Elmarshausen for Hermann von der Malsburg (presumed)
- from 1544 Petershagen Castle , for the Minden Bishop Franz von Waldeck
- from 1548 Detmold Castle , both standing bay windows to the right of the front, for Count Bernhard VIII von Lippe
Honors
In his place of birth Tübingen and in Bissendorf (Osnabrück district) one street was named after Jörg Unkair.
Web links
literature
- Jürgen Soenke : Jörg Unkair. Builder and sculptor of the early Weser Renaissance. JCC Bruns, Minden 1958.
- Pahmeier, Friedrich: The East Westphalian castle builder Jörg Unkair († 1553) and his master servant Johan von Munster . In: Lippische Mitteilungen aus Geschichte und Landeskunde, Volume 35, Detmold 1966
Individual evidence
- ^ Sergiusz Michalski: Artist life in times of change: Jörg Unkair. In: tagblatt.de , April 25, 2012. Accessed April 5, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Unkair, Jörg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Master of Tübingen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German builder of the Renaissance |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1500 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lustnau near Tübingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1553 |
| Place of death | Detmold |