German Sculpture of the Later Renaissance C. 1520-1580 Art in an Age of Uncertainty

List of Illustrations Preface Introduction 3 Ch. 1 For Our Salvation: The Role of Religious Art in Pre-Reformation Germany 10 Ch. 2 Art or Idol? 31 Iconoclasm 35 Three Case Studies 37 Nuremberg 37 Augsburg 39 Munster 41 Ch. 3 The Impact of the Reformation on Religious Sculpture, c. 1520-1555 46 Sculptors in a Difficult Age 46 The Story of Four Sculptors 57 Loy Hering 57 Benedikt Dreyer 58 Peter Dell the Elder 61 Hans Reinhart 68 Complex Church Programs 72 The Neue Stift at Halle 72 Neuburg an der Donau 81 Torgau 87 Ch. 4 Religious Sculpture after the Peace of Augsburg, 1555-1580 95 August of Saxony and the School of Dresden 96 Other Lutheran Sculptural Programs in North Germany 104 Catholic Sculpture and the Council of Trent 108 Five Case Studies 111 Augsburg 111 Trier 115 Wurzburg 120 Ingolstadt and Innsbruck 123 Ch. 5 In Memoriam: Epitaphs and Simple Tombs 127 The Vischer Family 129 Loy Hering 138 Hans Schenck 143 Hans Bildhauer 147 Cornelis Floris of Antwerp 149 Changes in Memorial Form and Iconography 152 Ch. 6 Commemorative Series and Complex Tombs 157 Episcopal and Princely Series 157 Complex Tomb Projects 171 The Shrine of Elector Moritz of Saxony in Freiberg 175 The Cenotaph of Emperor Maximilian I in Innsbruck 182 The Prussian Memorials in Konigsberg 192 Ch. 7 The Renaissance Fountain 198 House Fountains 199 Civic Fountains 216 Garden Fountains 226 Ch. 8 Sculpture and Architecture 245 Residential Sculpture 245 The City Residence at Landshut: Ludwig X of Bavaria and the Decoration of the Italian Hall 247 From Dresden to Heidelberg, or the Transition from Ornament to Art 251 Sculpture and Civic Architecture 260 The Saga of the Nuremberg Rathaus Grille 261 Sculpture and Civic Aspirations: The Rathaus Porches in Cologne and Wittenberg 263 Ch. 9 Small Collectible Sculpture: A Study in the History of Taste 270 Art in the Private Sphere 270 The Exquisite Relief and Statuette 281 Plaquettes and Replicable Sculpture 294 Sculpture and the Collector 303 Ch. 10 The Emergence of Sculptural Portraits 317 The German Medal: Portrait of Success 321 Hans Schwarz and the Diet of Augsburg in 1518 323 The First Generation of Medallists 328 The Creative Impulse and Its Obstacles 335 Portrait Alternatives: Reliefs and Busts 337 Hans Daucher and the Popularization of Portraiture 338 Johann Gregor van der Schardt and Bust Portraiture 349 Conclusion: Steps towards a New Sculptural Legacy 358 Biographical Catalogue of Selected Sculptors 363 Bibliography 411 Notes 423 Photographic Credit 487 Index 489Smith, Jeffrey Chipps is the author of 'German Sculpture of the Later Renaissance C. 1520-1580 Art in an Age of Uncertainty' with ISBN 9780691032375 and ISBN 0691032378.