- Master Wenceslas of Trident and mural painting of Bohemian origin in area of Trentino around 1400 This thesis primarily deals with cycles of mural painting associated with so called Master Wenceslas of Trento. This painter has been probably trained in Bohemia, but is attested for the first time at the court of Prince-Bishop of Trento, George of Liechtenstein. The first chapter analyses the current state of research. The history of the Trentino area follows. This part mainly focuses on political relations with Bohemia (2.3) and especially George of Liechtenstein, originally from Moravia (2.4). The following chapters describe individual cycles of painting - the frescoes in Eagl Tower on the castle Buonconsiglio of Trento, the cycle of mural painting in the cemetery chapel in Rifiano, the decoration of the church of St. Charles in Pergine, one scene in the passage under the tower of Meranos Parish Church, and the painting in village Termeno. The analyses of historical sources (8.1) as well as the comparison of each cycle led to the conclusion that the painter was the leader of a court workshop of Bishop George of Liechtenstein, which broke up in 1407. Then Wenceslas left to Merano. Wenceslas' personal style has evident signs of his training in Bohemia during the 70's of the 14th century, his contact...

Le duché de Milan durant le Quattrocento est marqué par le règne des deux familles dominantes de la Lombardie, les Visconti et les Sforza. Pendant une période marquée par les conflits territoriaux et les disputes pour le titre ducal, l’art du gothique international se fait essentiel dans la propagande politique. Parmi les diverses œuvres de cette période qui soulignent le pouvoir et la position hiérarchique de la noblesse, les paquets de tarot le plus anciens qui nous sont parvenus sont les jeux Visconti-Sforza, datés de la première moitié du 15e siècle. Nommés ainsi selon leurs commanditaires présumés, la nomenclature est utilisée pour désigner quinze jeux, dont trois sont analysés dans ce mémoire : le jeu Pierpont Morgan-Bergame (réparti entre l’Accademia Carrara, à Bergame; le Pierpont Morgan Library, à New York; et la collection privée Casa Colleoni, à Bergame), le Brera-Brambilla (Pinacoteca di Brera, à Milan) et le Cary-Yale (Beinecke Library, à New Haven). L’étude de ce corpus nous permet de comprendre l’histoire de pouvoir des Visconti et des Sforza, ainsi que les traditions de la littérature poétique et des processions triomphales de l’époque. Par une analyse iconographique de ces jeux, notre objectif a été de cerner et de comprendre le contexte socioculturel dans lequel ils ont été créés. Cette analyse met également en lumière les importantes questions concernant les attributions aux artistes, les dates de réalisation et l’identification du mécénat de ces jeux de luxe. / The Duchy of Milan in the Quattrocento is marked by the reign of two powerful families in Lombardy, the Visconti and the Sforza. During a time full of territorial conflicts and disputes for the ducal title, art in the International Gothic style became essential to political propaganda. Among the various works of this period that emphasize the power and the hierarchical position of the nobility are the oldest sets of tarot that have survived to the present day: the Visconti-Sforza tarot decks, dating from the first half of the 15th century. Named according to their supposed patrons, the nomenclature is actually used to designate fifteen separate decks, three of which are analyzed in this master’s thesis: the Pierpont Morgan-Bergamo deck (divided between the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo, the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, and the private collection Casa Colleoni, in Bergamo), the Brera-Brambilla (Pinacoteca di Brera, in Milan) and the Cary-Yale (Beinecke Library, in New Haven). The study of this corpus enables us to unravel the struggle for power between the Visconti and the Sforza, as well as the traditions of the literature and the triumphal processions of the time. Using an iconographic analysis, our goal is to identify the sociocultural context in which these decks were produced. This work's analysis also highlights questions about the attributions, the dating and the patronage of these luxury playing cards.

Wie kein anderer Text des englischen Romanciers und Essayisten John Fowles ist 'The Ebony Tower' von Gemälden geprägt. Die Novelle verweist auf ihren 104 Seiten auf über vierzig Maler sowie auf die verschiedensten Maltechniken und Kunstrichtungen. Von zentraler Bedeutung ist hierbei die Stilrichtung der Internationalen Gotik, die durch Gemälde von Antonio Pisano (1395-1455), genannt Pisanello, sowie von Paolo di Dono (1397-1475), genannt Uccello, vertreten ist. Henry Breasley, weltberühmter Maler, magus in bezug auf den Leser sowie den Novizen und 'malenden Theoretiker' David Williams und in gewisser Weise auch Sprachrohr von Fowles, bezieht sich diskursiv sowie piktural, beispielsweise in seiner sehr erfolgreichen 'last-period series', gleich mehrfach implizit und explizit auf die beiden Italiener. Diesen kommt somit eine Schlüsselstellung nicht nur für die Interpretation von Breasleys Bildern, sondern auch für die von Fowles in 'The Ebony Tower' propagierte Kunst- und Lebensauffassung zu.

This thesis looks into the analysis of iconography of the northern lateral portal of the Church of Our Lady before Týn. For this purpose this thesis summarizes the most important historiographical, Artististic Science and source literature related to this relic. Based on researched iconographic analysis this thesis aids to propose all possible solutions iconographic programme which could have been intended for this thesis. Based on the evaluation of literature, sources and on the formal analysis principal the objective of this thesis is to specify significantly problematic dating range (approximately from mid. 13th century up to late 1450) to shorter period of possible origin of the artwork there are also evaluated all available restauration reports and construction historical surveys related to the inspected relic.

Master Hartmann and the Swabian Woodcarving at the Beginning of the 15th Century The stonemason Master Hartmann from Ulm is known to art historians already long time, but his role in Swabian woodcarving at the beginning of the 15th century, however, still evokes numerous questions. Although Hartmann is believed to work simultaneously in the hut and the woodcarving workshop, the average quality of his works, and the fact, that he was accepted as a citizen only in the year 1928, more than ten years after we encounter him in Ulm records for the first time, indicates certain complications of this hypothesis. In this doctoral thesis, Master Hartmann is studied from the perspective of social and cultural situation in Ulm at the beginning of the 15th century. Attention is given to his position in the hut organization on the construction of Ulm Minster and his artistic activity on the western façade, which in its iconographical concept reflects also the historical background. The second part of the thesis focuses on the woodcarving workshop, where the Altarpiece of Dornstadt was made, and on the phenomenon of wide distribution of this style around the entire Swabia. The Ulm workshop is presented in the context of the city and its minster hut, former local centers and even more distant regions. Around 1415,...