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Veit Stoss (also: Veit Stoß and Stuoss; Polish: Wit Stwosz; Latin: Vitus Stoss; before 1450 – about 20 September 1533) was a leading German sculptor, mostly working with wood, whose career covered the transition between the late Gothic and the Northern Renaissance.
- St. Johannis cemetery, Nuremberg
- Sculpture
- Before 1450, Horb am Neckar
Apr 10, 2024 · Veit Stoss was one of the greatest sculptors and wood-carvers of 16th-century Germany. His nervous, angular forms, realistic detail, and virtuoso wood carving synthesized the sculptural styles of Flemish and Danubian art and, together with the emotional force and dramatic realism of the Dutch.
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born Horb am Neckar, um 1447. died Nürnberg, 22. Sep 1533. Veit Stoss is famous as a sculptor and wood carver as well as graphic artist and painter of the German Late Gothic Epoch and one of its protagonists. Nothing is known about the time when he was trained, but the formative influence of Niclaus Gerhaert and the sculptural art of the area ...
from early 16th century Germany. Veit Stoss (1447-1533) An important figure in German Gothic sculpture, the Swabian wood carver and sculptor, Veil Stoss is considered, along with Tilman Riemenschneider, to be one of the greatest experts of wood-carving during the Late Gothic period of medieval art in Germany, prior to the emergence (during the ...
May 23, 2018 · The German sculptor Veit Stoss (ca. 1445-1533) perfected the expressive late Gothic style in his early masterpiece, the high altar of the Virgin Mary in Cracow, Poland. His late sculpture shows his mastery of a new, abstract, Renaissance-inspired art.
Mar 21, 2024 · This is the largest Gothic altarpiece in the world and a national treasure of Poland. Carved over a period of 12 years, the 15th century Veit Stoss Altarpiece (or St. Mary’s Altar) is located behind the high altar of St. Mary’s Basilica, Krakow. Read its outrageous story involving medieval celebrities, fraud, and the Nazis.
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The Altarpiece by Veit Stoss (Polish: Ołtarz Wita Stwosza), also St. Mary's Altar (Ołtarz Mariacki), is a large Gothic altarpiece and a national treasure of Poland. It is located behind the high altar of St. Mary's Basilica in the city of Kraków .
