Master of the Lübeck Bible
Master of Lübeck Bible is the notname one of about 1,485 to about 1,520 active Flemish book painter and form cutter .
It received this name after the woodcuts that he created for the Lübeck Bible (1494) printed by Steffen Arndes . After Bernt Notke was occasionally seen as the author of the illustrations for a while, since the research of Axel L. Romdahl two different, nameless artists, called by him for short A master and B master , have been distinguished.
Both masters understand the use of light and shadow to create space and perspective; With the A-Meister, however, there is a somewhat more free design overall. The A-master was certainly also involved in Des Dodes Dantz from the poppy head office of Hans van Ghetelen . 47 drawings from the Lübeck Bible are ascribed to him (4-39,41,42,44-55); he probably worked on this project in the years 1489–1492. The B master had previously been commissioned by Steffen Arndes with the 200 woodcuts for the Passional (1492) that he printed . For unexplained reasons, he replaced the A-master , the significantly weaker one .
This A master is referred to as the master of the Lübeck Bible . Max Hasse put forward the most widely accepted thesis today that this master came from the Flemish-Burgundian culture, received his training as a miniature painter at the court of King Rene von Anjou and only worked briefly in Lübeck. His closeness to the Master of James IV of Scotland , who is believed to have worked in Ghent , may be an indication that the center of his life was also here.
The master of the Lübeck Bible has long been regarded as the author of the woodcuts for an edition of Terence by Johannes Trechsel , which he printed in Lyon as early as 1493 . In more recent research, however, not only illustrations in printed books, but also some illuminations in manuscripts are ascribed to the master . These are characterized by a special, tension-laden, elastic movement in the representation. His figures have strangely elongated faces and the landscapes in which they are placed have a strangely shortened perspective .
literature
- Max J. Friedländer : The woodcuts of the Lübeck Bible from 1494 to the 5 books of Moses. (Annual gift of the German Association for Art History 1917). Berlin 1918.
- The Lübeck Bible. With an introduction by Max J. Friedländer. Munich: Piper 1923 (main works of woodcut).
- Albert Schramm : The picture decoration of the early prints. Volume 11: The printers in Lübeck 2. Steffen Arndes , Leipzig 1928, no. 948-1047
- Axel L. Romdahl: The A master of the Lübeck Bible from 1494 (Göteborgs Högskolas Arsskrift XLVII. 23) Göteborg 1941
- Fedja Anzelewsky : The master of the Lübeck Bible from 1494. In: Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte 27 (1964), pp. 43–59 (with 18 illustrations)
- Max Hasse : Lübeck St. Anne's Museum. The sacred works of Lübeck: Museums for Art and Cultural History of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (Lübeck Museum Guide Volume I) 2nd edition Lübeck 1970
- Henning Wendland and Walter Eichenberger: German Bibles before Luther. The book art of the 18 German Bibles between 1466 and 1522. 2nd, improved and expanded edition, Hamburg: Wittig 1983 ISBN 3-8048-4149-X
- Bodo Brinkmann: News from the Master of the Lübeck Bible , in: Yearbook of the Berlin Museums , ns 29-30 (1987-1988), pp. 123–161.
- Henning Wendland: 500 years of the Lübeck Bible 1494-1994. In: Philobiblon 38 (1994), pp. 310-317.
- The 92 woodcuts of the Lübeck Bible from 1494 by an unknown master. Edited by Dr. Hans Wahl. Reprint of the edition Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag Weimar 1917. Augsburg: Weltbild 1999
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Master of the Lübeck Bible |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Flemish illuminator and shape cutter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1485 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1520 |