Medieval History
I would like to report that a new art blog - quite similar in nature to my own venture - was started with a focus on medieval Poland. The blog provides brief news about new books, exhibitions and discoveries in the field of medieval art and medieval studies in Poland. You can find the bilingual (Polish/English) blog at this address: http://medievalpoland.blogspot.com/
I am immediately lifting one news item from the blog, concerning a new book which is of course quite relevant for the study of art in medieval Hungary as well. To quote the Medieval Poland blog (with one correction and):
"The Cracow publishing house DodoEditor has released Zoltán Gyalókay's monograph on the Master Paul of Levo?a. The late medieval sculpture of Master Paul of Levo?a certainly deserves more attention in international scholarly literature. His workshop has produced altars for churches Szepes (Spis) county and neighboring regions. The high craftsmanship of his works and the influence they had on contemporary artists has been studied by Czech, Hungarian, Polish and Slovak scholars. This monograph represents the author?s long-term study of the artist?s oeuvre."
I might add that the sculptor worked in L?cse (germ: Leutschau, now Levo?a, Slovakia) at the beginning of the 16th century, where he was responsible for carving statues and reliefs for the main altar, among other things. His workshop also supplied altarpieces for other towns in Upper Hungary. The website of St. James's church provides an overview of the medieval furnishings of the parish church of L?cse - in addition to the main altar of St. James, also check out the altar of the Nativity.
You can read more on the book on the website of the publisher, while a brief summary is available on the AHICE website (click here for direct link to pdf summary). Of course it is hoped that the book will also be available in a German/English or even Hungarian version!
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Medieval History
New blog on Medieval Poland + Master Paul of Levo?a
I am immediately lifting one news item from the blog, concerning a new book which is of course quite relevant for the study of art in medieval Hungary as well. To quote the Medieval Poland blog (with one correction and):
"The Cracow publishing house DodoEditor has released Zoltán Gyalókay's monograph on the Master Paul of Levo?a. The late medieval sculpture of Master Paul of Levo?a certainly deserves more attention in international scholarly literature. His workshop has produced altars for churches Szepes (Spis) county and neighboring regions. The high craftsmanship of his works and the influence they had on contemporary artists has been studied by Czech, Hungarian, Polish and Slovak scholars. This monograph represents the author?s long-term study of the artist?s oeuvre."
I might add that the sculptor worked in L?cse (germ: Leutschau, now Levo?a, Slovakia) at the beginning of the 16th century, where he was responsible for carving statues and reliefs for the main altar, among other things. His workshop also supplied altarpieces for other towns in Upper Hungary. The website of St. James's church provides an overview of the medieval furnishings of the parish church of L?cse - in addition to the main altar of St. James, also check out the altar of the Nativity.
You can read more on the book on the website of the publisher, while a brief summary is available on the AHICE website (click here for direct link to pdf summary). Of course it is hoped that the book will also be available in a German/English or even Hungarian version!
- In Memoriam Miklós Mojzer
Miklós Mojzer in 2006 Miklós Mojzer, the former director of the Museum of Fine Arts, passed away last weekend in the 83rd year of life (1931-2014).Miklós Mojzer was an outstanding scholar of medieval and Baroque art. Born in 1931, he had studied...
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No, the Medieval Hungary blog is not on a break. I've just been too busy to write things here during the last few weeks, but I have several posts in the making - including a review of the Europa Jagellonica exhibition, as well as book reviews and...
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I've recently written brief reviews of several English or German language books about the art of medieval Hungary - including the conference volume published by Villa I Tatti on Italy and Hungary in the Early Renaissance or Evelin Wetter's book...
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Niclaus Gerhaert: Self portrait (?), c 1463 Musée de l'Oeuvre Notre-Dame, Strasbourg The Liebieghaus in Frankfurt dedicated a monographic exhibition to the late Gothic sculptor Niclaus Gerhaert of Leiden. Alongside Hans Multscher, Gerhaert...
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