Melchior Lorck : Volume 5: Catalogue Raisonne, Part two

Erik Fischer

ISBN 10: 877597407X / ISBN 13: 9788775974078

Edité par Aarhus University Press Jun 2025, 2025

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Neuware - Melchior Lorck (born in Flensburg in 1526 or 1527, died c. 1583) was the first Danish artist to achieve international renown. Trained in the tradition of the German Kleinmeister, Lorck is considered one of the most original artists of sixteenth-century Europe, with a style and choice of motifs that are both austere and unique. Lorck was an itinerant Renaissance master, always on the lookout for new commissions, who never stayed long in any one place. He worked in diverse locations, such as Constantinople/Istanbul, Antwerp, Hamburg, Vienna, Rome and Copenhagen. Cosmopolitan in outlook and career, Lorck was in contact with many of the leading intellectuals and artists of his time. From 1555 to 1559, he served as a member of the Holy Roman Emperor's embassy to the court of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent in Constantinople. He returned with a substantial collection of sketches of Turkish, Byzantine and Roman architecture, alongside portraits and life studies of Turks from all walks of life. This material would form the basis of much of his later work. The first four volumes of this publication chronicling the life and work of Lorck were released in 2009. Volume 1 contains his biography and all known primary sources about him. Volumes 2 and 3 present his supposed magnum opus, the so-called Turkish Publication, which was published in 1626, more than thirty years after his death. Volume 4 focusses on another of his most renowned works: the twelvemetre-long Constantinople Prospect. This fifth volume concludes the comprehensive survey of Lorck's work and covers everything beyond these two major works, from his earliest to his latest output, including Lutheran propaganda, projects for costume books, designs for imperial processions, portraits of sultans and scholars, emblematic images and cartography. The emerging image is as rich as it is fascinating.

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• Titre: Melchior Lorck : Volume 5: Catalogue Raisonne, Part two
• Éditeur: Aarhus University Press Jun 2025
• Date de parution: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 877597407X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9788775974078
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 328 L x 206 H x 45 P (en millimètres) 328 millimètres de largeur par 206 millimètres de hauteur par 45 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 2464 grammes

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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. 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.

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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.