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Riemenschneider: Sculpting the Spirit

Neil MacGregor focuses on the supreme religious sculptures of Riemenschneider (c1460-1531), whose Four Evangelists were carved from the peculiarly German medium of limewood.

Neil MacGregor focuses on the religious sculptures of Riemenschneider (c1460- 1531), whose reputation as an artist has steadily risen. He is seen as a supreme sculptor, working in a peculiarly German medium, limewood, but articulating the sensibilities of a continent.

And Neil MacGregor reveals why, as the war came to an end in 1945, the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann identified Riemenschneider as a moral and political hero.

Producer Paul Kobrak.

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15 minutes

Last on

Wed 15 Oct 2014 00:30

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  • Tue 14 Oct 2014 09:45
  • Tue 14 Oct 2014 19:45
  • Wed 15 Oct 2014 00:30

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