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Heinrich Parler the Elder (also Heinrich of Gmünd, German: Heinrich von Gemünd der Ältere; c. 1310 – c. 1370), was a German architect and sculptor. His masterpiece is Holy Cross Minster, an influential milestone of late Gothic architecture in the town of Schwäbisch Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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Heinrich Parler the Younger, also known as Heinrich von Gmünd, Heinrich of Freiburg, or Heinrich IV Parler, was a sculptor in the second half of the fourteenth century. He is the best-known sculptor of the Parler family , [2] a german family of stonemasons, construction foremen and architects whose members strongly influenced the Gothic style ...
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Notable members of the family include: Heinrich Parler (c. 1300 – c. 1370), [4] also known as Heinrich of Gmünd, founder of the dynasty, father of Johannes, Peter and Michael. Johannes von Gmünd (Johann Parler the Elder) (1330-po 1359), oldest son of Heinrich Parler, father of Heinrich IV.
Heinrich Parler, father of the masterbuilder family, presumably came from Cologne. It was him who built the Minster of the Holy Cross in Schwäbisch Gmünd, which is considered to be the initial building of the Late Gothic period in Central Europe. He was born around 1300 and died around 1370 in Gmünd.
Heinrich Parler the Elder (also Heinrich of Gmünd, German: Heinrich von Gemünd der Ältere ; c. 1310 – c. 1370), was a German architect and sculptor. His masterpiece is Holy Cross Minster, an influential milestone of late Gothic architecture in the town of Schwäbisch Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Heinrich Parler the Younger, also known as Heinrich von Gmünd, Heinrich of Freiburg,[1] or Heinrich IV Parler, was a sculptor in the second half of the fourteenth century. He is the best-known sculptor of the Parler family,[2] a german family of stonemasons, construction foremen and architects whose members strongly influenced the Gothic style ...
Peter Parler (1333/5–99), son of Heinrich, is the most celebrated of the tribe. He worked at Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Cologne Cathedral (possibly), and the Frauenkirche at Nuremberg before being summoned to Prague in 1356 by Kaiser Karl IV (1346–78) to work on the Cathedral of St Vitus (Veit), begun in 1344 by Matthias of Arras: he completed the ...
