Bern Minster

Jürg Schweizer, Bernd Nicolai, Brigitte Kurmann-Schwarz, Roland Gerber, Annette Loeffel, Peter Völkle, Jasmin Christ (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

80 Seiten

2022 | 1st edition 2022
Gesellschaft f. Schweiz. Kunstgesch. (Verlag)
978-3-03797-802-3 (ISBN)

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Bern Minster, the most important late Gothic church building in Switzerland, together with the new town hall, represents the remarkable awakening of the free city of Bern in the 15th century. The prerequisite for this were the favourable political and economic circumstances, promoted by an upwardly mobile class of merchants who rose to the ranks of the city’s patrician class. At the laying of the foundation stone in 1421, the mighty aspirations associated with the building project were already manifest in terms of size and expense. The city commissioned Matthäus Ensinger, son of the famous Strasbourg and Ulm cathedral master builder. Despite the lengthy construction period, Ensinger’s plans resulted in a church building of great harmony, with superb features including the medieval stained-glass windows, the opulently decorated vaults spanning the period from late Gothic to Renaissance and the Portal of the Last Judgement with its rich array of figures.

Erscheinungsdatum	16.03.2022
Reihe/Serie	Schweizerische Kunstführer ; Serie 110, Nr. 1104–1105
Mitarbeit	Mitglied der Redaktion: Jasmin Christ
Verlagsort	Bern
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 140 mm
Gewicht	158 g
Themenwelt	Technik ► Architektur
Schlagworte	15th century • Church Building • Gothic • Matthäus Ensinger • Portal of the Last Judgement • Renaissance • stained-glass windows
ISBN-10	3-03797-802-3 / 3037978023
ISBN-13	978-3-03797-802-3 / 9783037978023
Zustand	Neuware