Triumphal Arch (woodcut)

The Triumphal Arch of Emperor Maximilian I was a monumental woodcuts, which gave Maximilian to the staging of his imperial and imperial idea about 1512 in order; It was first printed in 1526, seven years after his death.

Display wall

With the idea of ​​a triumphal arch, starting from the ancient triumphal arch of the Caesars, Maximilian had occupied since 1505. The plan was a monumental display wall, a giant woodcut, which should be printed together from 192 individual printing plates. In 1512 he gave the order to Albrecht Dürer, the templates for the frames created along with other artists who were cut from the Nuremberg trimmer Jerome Andrae in wood. The font design is the Nuremberg write Johann Neudörffer the Elder. attributed; it shows for the first time in a wood -cut fracture.

For a triumphal triumphal arch was designed. There were plans for 210 woodcuts of about 41 × 37 cm, the drafting of which included Hans Burgkmair had been entrusted the Elder. , Leonhard Beck, Albrecht Dürer, Hans and Hans Schaufelin Springinklee and the cut was not continued after the death of Maximilian in 1519. 1526 was a first impression of the 137 finished wood sticks; the coloration comes from the 18th century.

Importance

The gigantic decoration program of the triumphal arch rounded, albeit unfinished, Maximilian idea of ​​using the new art of printing to stage his imperial dignity, from. With his two autobiographical publications, the Weißkunig and the Theuerdank, for their expenses he had committed printers and artists of the first rank, he was found to be the primary sponsor of this new art; unlike the ancient idols he saw his triumph not carved in stone, but in a monumental, printed brochure.