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Melchior Lorck. Volume 5 Catalogue raisonné
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- Book Synopsis
- Melchior Lorck (1526/27-1583?) is an extraordinary artist with an unusual career. Born in Flensburg on the border between Denmark and Germany, he grew up far from the artistic centers of his time. Supported by a travelling fund from the Danish king, he set out on an itinerary that would continue much longer and further than planned, leading him through Germany and Italy all the way to the Ottoman Empire, to Constantinople. Here, he laid the foundations of a life's work that stands out to this day. _x000D_ This volume concludes the total survey of Lorck's life and work, the remainder of which was published in 2009 in four volumes. The first presents Lorck's biography and all the known documents about him. The next three volumes catalogue his two most well-known outputs: The so-called "Turkish Publication" (vol. 2 & 3) and the Prospect of Constantinople (vol. 4). The present volume 5 surveys the rest of Lorck's manifold production - from his earliest to latest works, from Lutheran propaganda to projects for costume books, from designs for imperial entries to portraits of sultans and scholars, from emblematic images to cartography. The emerging image is as rich as it is fascinating.
- About The Author
- Dr. Erik Fischer (1920-2011) was an art historian employed at the Department of Prints and Drawings in Copenhagen from 1948 until retiring in 1990. He served as keeper from 1964, and from the same year he also taught at the University of Copenhagen. He curated exhibitions and published studies on artists from the 16th century and onwards. Fischer began working on Melchior Lorck in the late 1950s._x000D_ _x000D_ Mikael Bøgh Rasmussen (born 1970), is an art historian, presently employed at The Royal Danish Collection. He has taught art history and renaissance studies at the University of Copenhagen and worked at The Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle and at The Danish National Art Library. As author and editor, he has published on Lorck and European-Ottoman encounters in the Early Modern Period._x000D_ _x000D_ Ernst Jonas Bencard (born 1961), is an art historian. Employed at the Thorvaldsen's Museum in Copenhagen 2004-19, he founded and headed the web-based research platform The Thorvaldsens Museum Archives. As of 2020, he has conducted research at The Hirschsprung Collection, also in Copenhagen. His main area of research is Danish and European art of the nineteenth century.
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- ISBN
- 9788775974078
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press, (10 November 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 510
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 320 x 198 mm
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