Madonna of Michle
The Madonna of Michle ( Czech Michelská madona ) is the figure of a Madonna from the Church of Our Lady in Michle near Prague . The by name unknown master of the Madonna of Michle worked in Bohemia in the 14th century in the vicinity of the Prague court. The figure made of pear wood was created around 1330. It is one of the first surviving examples of how, with the beginning of the rule of Emperor Charles IV and his promotion of art in Prague, the influence of northern Italian sculpture and especially French art from Paris and Avignon and further from the Middle Rhine to Prague came. At the very beginning of the emperor's reign, the first Gothic Madonna figures were created in Bohemia.
The Madonna of Michle is now in the possession of the National Gallery in Prague . According to experts, the statue of the Madonna on the Lion to be found there is also one of the works of the master of the Madonna of Michle.
The figure of the Madonna von Michle is at the beginning of the development of Bohemian sculpture. With it and the style grouped around it, the development of a local art into a typically Bohemian soft style begins . The figure can be seen as an important work and starting point for such independent local art and later also a significant development under Charles IV for art in Europe. At this time, an international style of sculpture was developing in Prague, which , for example, the master von Hohenfurth also introduced in painting. After that, Bohemian innovations in art became one of the prerequisites for German sculpture in the early 15th century. The Madonna von Michle is an example of the transfer of ideas and culture in the Gothic.
literature
- Ivo Hlobil: On the stylistic development of the Michler Madonna group (around 1320 to the middle of the 14th century) . In: King John of Luxembourg (1296-1346) and the Art of His Era. Proceedings of the International Conference, Prague, September 16-20, 1996. Prague 1998, pp. 216-221
- Robert Suckale : The “Lion Madonna”, a political type of image from the early days of Emperor Charles IV? In: The Medieval Image as a Contemporary Witness. Six studies, Munich 2002, p. 183
- Aleš Mudra: Doplnek k pocátkum Mistra Michelské Madony - socha sv. Reinolda v Dortmundu. [Supplement to the beginnings of the master of the Michler Madonna - the sculpture of St. Reinold in Dortmund] . In: Ars Vivendi. professor Jaromír Homolka ad honorem. České Budějovice, Prague 2006. pp. 239-254
- Jiří Fajt u. a. (Ed.): Charles IV., Emperor by God's grace. Art and Representation among the Luxembourgers 1347–1437 (catalog of the exhibition at Prague Castle, February - May 2006). Munich, Berlin 2006
- Jiří Fajt, Robert Suckale: The “Master of the Madonna of Michle” - The end of a myth? In: Umění 54, 2006, pp. 3–30.
- Jiří Fajt u. a. (Ed.): Charles IV., Emperor by God's grace. Art and Representation among the Luxembourgers 1347–1437 (catalog of the exhibition at Prague Castle, February - May 2006). Munich, Berlin 2006
- Ivo Hlobil: The Klosterneuburg Lion Madonna supposedly a fake: Analysis of a false claim . In: Umění 54, 2006, pp. 85–98.
- Miriam Natoufová: Madona z Michle? In: Umění 55, 2007, pp. 241–243.
- Eva Schlotheuber, Hubertus Seibert: Bohemia and the German Empire: A Comparison of Ideas and Culture Transfer (13th – 16th Century). Oldenbourg 2009.