1450-1550: The Golden Age of the Woodcut; The Woodcut Revival: 1800-1925

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

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1450-1550: The Golden Age of the Woodcut; The Woodcut Revival: 1800-1925
Bret Waller, curator
University of Kansas Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas

Two periods during which the art of the woodcut attained particular heights of excellence.

Works of art

Iohannes Bämler (active circa 1450–1475); Artist Unknown, The Bride of Christ (1 column of text & illustration) from Buch der Kunst, da durch der weltliche Mensch mag geistlich werden (Book of Art through which the worldly man may become spiritual)
The Bride of Christ (1 column of text & illustration) from Buch der Kunst, da durch der weltliche Mensch mag geistlich werden (Book of Art through which the worldly man may become spiritual)
Iohannes Bämler, Artist Unknown
1477
Death of Absalom from the Lübeck Bible
Death of Absalom from the Lübeck Bible
1494
The Dance of Death
The Dance of Death
1501
Timothy Cole (1852–1931), Landscape with Windmill
Landscape with Windmill
Timothy Cole
1920
Félix Edouard Vallotton (1865–1925), Les Nécrophores (The Pall Bearers)
Les Nécrophores (The Pall Bearers)
Félix Edouard Vallotton
1891
Max Beckmann (1884–1950), Self-portrait
Self-portrait
Max Beckmann
1922

Resources

Documents

Exhibition Pamphlet