Master of the Willehalm manuscript Wenceslas IV.
The illuminator who painted one of the 71 complete Willehalm manuscripts still preserved around 1387 is known as the master of the Willehalm manuscript, Wenceslas IV . On behalf of the Bohemian King Wenzels IV, he illustrated this copy of Rennewart, a continuation of the Willehalm Wolfram von Eschenbach by the medieval poet Ulrich von Türheim .
King Wenceslas was one of the most important princely patrons of book art of his time, and under his rule Gothic book art flourished in Prague. The pictures created by the master of the Willehalm manuscript, Wenceslas IV , are among the books of book illumination of this time that have certainly been preserved from the Wenceslas workshop in Prague, along with the Wenceslas Bible . In addition to the Bible, the pictures are the largest cycle of painted miniatures from this workshop and a typical example of a continuous illustration of a work, as it had begun at the beginning of the 14th century with the painting of other copies of the Willehalm Codex. The images interpret the text. They are not only decoration, but also a supplement and an extension of the text content. They are a common, continuous and continuous picture program, which, as can also be found in other works in the workshop, was set up together with a person familiar with the taste and representation plans of the client; After selecting the scenes to be illustrated, “stage directions” were then given to the painter. The performing artist nevertheless contributed his own interpretation to the artistic equipment and brought his own view of the details into the connections between word and image.
The manuscript illustrated by the master of the Willehalm manuscript, Wenceslaus IV , can be found today in the Austrian National Library in Vienna.
Individual evidence
- ↑ J. Fajt (Ed.): Charles IV. Emperor by God's grace, art and representation of the House of Luxembourg 1310-1437 . Catalog for the exhibition at Prague Castle 2006. P {rag 2006
- ^ Willehalm manuscript of Wenceslas IV, Austria. National Bibl. Cod. Ser. nova 2643
literature
- Maria Theisen: History buech reimenweisz. History, image program and illuminators of the Willehalm Codex of King Wenceslas IV of Bohemia. Austrian National Library, Ser. nov. 2643 , Art-historical studies on book illumination. Vienna 2010
- J. Fajt (Ed.): Charles IV. Emperor by God's grace, art and representation of the House of Luxembourg 1310-1437 . Catalog for the exhibition at Prague Castle 2006. P {rag 2006
- Ronald Michael Schmidt: The handwriting illustrations of the "Willehalm" Wolfram von Eschenbach. Documentation of an illustrated group of manuscripts . Text and photo book. Wiesbaden 1985
- Josef Krasa: The manuscripts of King Wenceslas IV. Vienna 1971