Title: The master of the Třeboň altarpiece /
Authors: Royt, Jan,; Morgan, Daniel,; Horova, Mirka,; Pokorný, Adam,
Date: 2014
Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press,
Physical description: 286 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map, portraits (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Language: English
LC classification: N
Abstract: The master of the Trebon altarpiece' was a painter active in Prague in the fourteenth century and one of the most important gothic artists of the international style. He is named for his most famous work, a triptych depicting the death and resurrection of Christ, from an altar in a church in Trebon, a medieval town in the southern Czech Republic. Today, the masterpiece is in the collection of the National Gallery in Prague. Because little is known about this artist, scholars have ascribed to the Master various pieces of art, speculating about their dates of origin, their chronology, and their artistic and ideological points of departure. Art historian Jan Royt's extensive scientific research into the Master of the Trebon Altarpiece attempts to definitively identify and contextualize this unknown artist's oeuvre. Royt begins by outlining historical events in Bohemia during the last third of the fourteenth century, including the development of painting and religious atmosphere of the time. He then offers an artistic and iconographic analysis of works of the Master of the Trebon Altarpiece and his workshop and circle. The book closes with a detailed critical overview of art historians' views of the work of this medieval artist. With more than eighty color reproductions and illustrations depicting the results of a restoration survey of the panel paintings by the Master of the Trebon Altarpiece, this book will be warmly received by scholars of art history as well as European art aficionados.
Contents: Machine generated contents note: Western and Central European painting 1375 -- 1400 -- Sources and starting points of Bohemian panel painting 1340 -- 1380 -- The religious background of the Master of the Trebon Altarpiece's work -- The Master of the Trebon Altarpiece -- The Trebon Altarpiece -- On the reconstruction of the Trebon altarpiece -- Works of the Master of the Trebon Altarpiece and his workshop -- The chronology of the works of the Master of the Trebon Altarpiece and his workshop -- The Master of the Trebon Altarpiece and the Beautiful Style -- Works influenced by the Master of the Trebon Altarpiece's work -- The Master of the Trebon Altarpiece as seen by art historians.
Notes: Translated from Czech.
Subject headings (LCSH): Altarpieces, Czech--Czech Republic--Třeboň--14th century.; Art, High Gothic--Czech Republic--Třeboň.; Church decoration and ornament--Czech Republic--Třeboň--14th century.; Master of the Třeboň Altarpiece, active 1380-1390.; Painting, Czech--Czech Republic--Třeboň--14th century.