MAKE A MEME View Large Image Regensburg Synagogue, 1519.jpg The Entrance Hall of the Regensburg Synagogue 1519 Etching by Albrecht Altdorfer German Regensburg ca 1480 - 1538 Harris Brisbane Dick Fund 1926 26 72 68 <blockquote>In the muted light of an open doorway and a ...
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Keywords: Regensburg Synagogue, 1519.jpg The Entrance Hall of the Regensburg Synagogue 1519 Etching by Albrecht Altdorfer German Regensburg ca 1480 - 1538 Harris Brisbane Dick Fund 1926 26 72 68 <blockquote>In the muted light of an open doorway and a rosette window two Jewish men are shown walking through the entry porch of the Regensburg synagogue Altdorfer made two etchings of the temple just before it was destroyed on February 22 1519 this view and one of the interior nave Emperor Maximilian had long been a protector of the Jews in the imperial cities extracting from them substantial taxes in exchange Within weeks of his death however the city of Regensburg which blamed its economic troubles on its prosperous Jewish community expelled the Jews Altdorfer a member of the Outer Council was one of those chosen to inform the Jews that they had two hours to empty out the synagogue and five days to leave the city The date of the demolition inscribed at the top of the print suggests that Altdorfer made the preparatory sketches as well as the etchings themselves with the knowledge that the building was to be destroyed The prints appear to have been quickly produced quite possibly during the five days prior to the temple's destruction the plate was not evenly etched particularly in the areas of dense hatching where the individual lines lose clarity In addition the slightly tipsy vaults appear to have been traced freehand rather than with a compass Despite the seemingly sensitive portrayal the print was not intended as a sympathetic rendering of an aspect of Jewish culture but rather as a much more dispassionate recording of the site It is thus the first portrait of an actual architectural monument in European printmaking <ref>http //www metmuseum org/Works_Of_Art/viewOne asp dep 9 item 26 72 68 viewmode 0 isHighlight 1 The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York</ref></blockquote> Source http //www metmuseum org/Works_Of_Art/viewOnezoom asp dep 9 zoomFlag 1 viewmode 0 item 26 2E72 2E68 The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York en wikipedia 2006-12-21 Chesdovi wikipedia en Reflist PD-old original upload log <blockquote>In the muted light of an open doorway and a rose</nowiki> Old Regensburg Synagogue by Albrecht Altdorfer German art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Etchings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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