page_title: Master Theodoric
section_title: Mural Paintings in the Chapel of the Holy Cross at Karlštejn Castle
hierarchical_section_title: Master Theodoric / Work / Mural Paintings in the Chapel of the Holy Cross at Karlštejn Castle
caption_attribution_description: Adoration by the magi. Fresco in Karlstein
context_page_description: Master Theodoric, in Latin Magister Theodoricus is best documented Bohemian Gothic painter. He was favourite court painter of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor. and the first Bohemian painter whose name can be linked to a body of work. Theodoric is considered the chief representative of the phase of International Gothic known as "the Soft style". His masterpiece is the Chapel of the Holy Cross at Charles' newly completed Karlštejn Castle near Prague, containing a large series of slightly over-lifesize half-length panel portraits of saints and other notable figures on a gold ground. The whole decoration of the Chapel was commissioned in 1359 and completed over a number of years. Decoration of the Chapel of the Holy Cross was unique and unprecedented north of Alps. Theodoric´s oeuvre is not comparable to anything in European art after the mid-14th century.
context_section_description: Mural paintings in the Chapel of the Holy Cross feature the apocalyptic prophesy - anticipation of the Second coming of Christ on Judgement Day. The walls opposite each other on the vaults of the window niches of the chapel are ascribed to Master Theodoric and his workshop. The drapery of the figures is characterised by the soft modelling of light. With its muted colour tones, it has an affinity to the grisaille painting method. The faces are closely related to several of Theodoric’s panel paintings and repeatedly feature the characteristic motif of hair and whiskers coiled into individual strands. The painting is embellished with gilded relief decorations and the backgrounds of the scenes are filled out with gold plastic star shapes.
caption: Adoration of the Kings
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