03 — ARTWORK
Altar table
WOLF, Ebert the Younger · 1603 →
- MEDIUM
- Gilt wood
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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- FILE
- 1200 × 833 px · JPEG
COMMENTARY
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During the early seventeenth century countless grand houses and churches were built in Germany, and even in the Protestant areas, where the princes took over ecclesiastical possessions almost entirely, new palaces provided sculptors with numerous opportunities. The court in Bückeburg, for example, developed into a centre of independent artistic activity as a result of the cultural renaissance along the Weser. Three members of the Wolf family, Ebert the Elder, and his sons Ebert the Younger an Jonas all worked on the furnishing of the palace at Bückeburg. In the palace chapela small separate place for worship, either part of a large church or a separate building. life-size kneeling angels support the altar table, each carrying a burning torch. With this design Ebert the Younger seems to have translated German MannerismA movement in Italian art from about 1520 to 1600. Developing out of the Renaissance, Mannerism rejected Renaissance balance and harmony in favor of emotional intensity and ambiguity. In Mannerist painting, this was expressed mainly through severe distortions of perspective and scale; complex and crowded compositions; strong, sometimes harsh or discordant colors; and elongated figures in exaggerated poses. In architecture, there was a playful exaggeration of Renaissance forms (largely in scale and proportion) and the greater use of bizarre decoration. Mannerism gave way to the Baroque. Leading Mannerists include Pontormo, Bronzino, Parmigianino, El Greco and Tintoretto. into the forms of an early native BaroqueThe period in art history from about 1600 to about 1750. In this sense the term covers a wide range of styles and artists. In painting and sculpture there were three main forms of Baroque: (1) sumptuous display, a style associated with the Catholic Counter Reformation and the absolutist courts of Europe (Bernini, Rubens); (2) dramatic realism (Caravaggio); and (3) everyday realism, a development seen in particular in Holland (Rembrandt, Vermeer). In architecture, there was an emphasis on expressiveness and grandeur, achieved through scale, the dramatic use of light and shadow, and increasingly elaborate decoration. In a more limited sense the term Baroque often refers to the first of these categories. The development of the Baroque reflects the period's religious tensions (Catholic versus Protestant); a new and more expansive world view based on science and exploration; and the growth of absolutist monarchies. style.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Altar table by WOLF, Ebert the Younger},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-09},
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urldate = {2026-09-09},
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