Norica : or, Tales of Nürnberg from the olden time. After a ms. of the sixteenth century.
Title:
Norica : or, Tales of Nürnberg from the olden time. After a ms. of the sixteenth century.
Author:
Hagen, Ernst August, 1797-1880.
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Publication Information:
London : J. Chapman, 1851.
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xiv pages, 1 leaf 374 pages ; 18 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
First sojourn in Nürnberg: Entrance into Nürnberg. St. Sebaldus-day. The remarkable public works of art in Nürnberg. The artists Vischer, Krafft, and Lindenast. Albrecht Dürer the painter. The picture of the assumption of the Virgin. Albrecht Dürer's Book of recollections. The counsellor Wilibald Pirckheimer at Neunhof. Dürer's pupils. Woodcuts to the poem of Teuerdank. The sculptor Krafft in his workshop.--Second sojourn in Nürnberg: The surly shoemaker. The herren-keller. The red-smith Peter Vischer and his sons. The wood-carver Veit Stoss. The Emperor Maximilian I. The triumphal car, a fresco by Dürer in the townhall. The cemetery of St. John with the sculptures of Adam Krafft. The singing-school of the master-singers. Hans Sachs in the tavern. Dürer receives a visit from Thomas of Bologna, a pupil of Raphael. The crowning of the poet Pirckheimer, (unfinished)--Conclusion: A letter from Pirckheimer, and a postscript by the author.
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