主教坐像

Tilman Riemenschneider German

On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 20

里门施奈德是德国南部最具天赋的中世纪晚期椴木雕塑家之一。他有时会选择不给一些用作圣坛装饰的大型雕塑上色,而只给个别细节上黑色,例如这件雕像的双眼,最后再给雕像表面上一层透明釉。这位主教的身份不明,但从他的坐姿可以猜测,他可能代表圣奥古斯丁或圣安布罗斯,而且可能来自一件表现四位早期“教会之父”的圣坛装饰。微妙刻画的长者面部表情传达出精神深度和信仰热情,两者都是这一时期德国艺术中的常见特征。

Seated Bishop, Tilman Riemenschneider (German, 1460–1531), Limewood and gray-black stain, German

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