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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. Parler also founded the Parler family ...
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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 ...
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The Parler family ( Czech: Parléř [ˈparlɛːr̝̊]) was a family of German architects and sculptors from the 14th century. [1] Founder of the dynasty, Heinrich Parler, but later lived and worked in Gmünd. [2] His descendants were working in various parts of central Europe, especially in Bohemia.
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 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 in German countries, Bohemia,[3] Austria and ...
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
Search for: 'Parler family' in Oxford Reference ». German master-masons working in Swabia and Bohemia in C14 and early C15. Heinrich I (c. 1300–1371) was Parlier (foreman with responsibility for a Mason's lodge) at Cologne Cathedral, when the choir was completed c.1322, but other works proceeded very slowly. He moved to Schwäbisch-Gmünd ...
