Critical Catalogue of Luther Portraits (1519-1530)

Critical Catalogue of Luther Portraits (1519-1530)

(Third Party Funds Group – Overall project)

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Start date: June 1, 2018
End date: May 31, 2021
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Funding source: andere Förderorganisation
URL: https://www.gnm.de/forschung/projekte/luther-bildnisse/

Abstract

Quite a number of portraits of Martin Luther - known as media star of 16th century – can be found in today’s museums and libraries. However, how many portraits indeed exist and which of those are contemporary or actually date from a later period? So far unlike his works, however, the variety of contemporary portraits (painting and print) is neither completely collected nor critically analyzed. Thus, a joint project of the FAU, the Germanisches Nationalmuseum (GNM) in Nuremberg and the Technology Arts Sciences (TH Köln) was initiated. Goal of the interdisciplinary project covering art history, art technology, reformation history and computer science is the creation of a critical catalogue of Luther portraits (1519-1530). In particular, the issues of authenticity, dating of artworks and its historical usage context as well as the potential existence of serial production processes will be investigated.

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