Replica "Cherub from the Fugger Chapel II" (c. 1530), cast stone antique finish
Replica "Cherub from the Fugger Chapel II" (c. 1530), cast stone antique finish
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ars mundi Exclusive Edition | museum replica | cast stone | patinated | size 28 x 27 x 16 cm (w/h/d) | weight 11 kg
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Replica "Cherub from the Fugger Chapel II" (c. 1530), cast stone antique finish
In 1509, Jakob Fugger endowed the Fugger Chapel in St. Anna's Church in Augsburg, a project planned by Albrecht Dürer. It is the first construction north of the Alps to be imbued with the spirit of humanism. The Fugger brothers' burial chapel, built until 1512, magnificently decorated in the following years and consecrated in 1518, was the splendid prelude to the Renaissance in Germany and one of its high points. Apart from Albrecht Dürer, some of the most important German artists of the Renaissance were involved in its creation. Unique and full of charm are the cherubs that adorn the balustrade of the Fugger Chapel and "guard" the Fugger burial place.
To mark the 500th anniversary of the foundation of the Fugger Chapel in St. Anna, we at ars mundi, in cooperation with the House of Fugger, can now exclusively and for the first time ever offer you the famous cherubs as authentic, slightly scaled-down museum replicas! Each copy is carefully hand-cast in polymer cast stone and patinated to an antique finish.
Cherub from the Fugger Chapel II, around 1530: size 28 x 27 x 16 cm (w/h/d), weight 11 kg.
Producer: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hanover, Germany Email: info@arsmundi.de
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Beginning in Florence, by the late 14th century, a mindset developed that, in retrospect, was classified as the rebirth of the classical ideals of ancient Greece and Rome. During the 15th and 16th centuries, the Renaissance spread first through Italy and then across Western Europe, influencing the entire artistic creation. Brilliant artists such as Donatello, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Dürer, Holbein, Cranach and Fouquet created their immortal works by following the humanistic premises and placing the human being in the centre of all thinking.
In literature, the Renaissance reached its pinnacle through the dramatic works of William Shakespeare.
By the end of the 16th century, the Renaissance had to give way to the opulence of the Baroque, before its ideas experienced a rebirth in the Classicism of the 18th century.
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