46018
Title Of Article Chaper
Restoration of the Arhus altarpiece in Denmark
Title Of Journal Book
Safe guarding of medieval altarpieces and wood carvings in churches and museums. A conference in Stockholm, 28-30 May, 1980
Pages
155-165
Publisher
Almqvist and Wiksell International
Publisher City
Stockholm
Language Of Text
English
Language Of Summary
Swedish
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
Safe guarding of medieval altarpieces and wood carvings in churches and museums
Meeting City
Stockholm
Abstract
A preliminary report about the restoration of the winged altarpiece from 1479 in the cathedral of Århus by the Lübeck master Bernt Notke. Under the overpaintings it appeared that thepaint layer on the panels and the polychrome wooden sculptures were in an astonishingly good state of preservation, whereas there was a lot of damage in the more decorative parts of the altar. This together with the fact that the altar still serves its liturgical function were the arguments for the complete restoration of the altar. See AATA 19-511.
Keywords
Sculpture, polychrome examination; Sculpture, polychrome restoration ICCROM
pub_id
46018
Meeting Date
19800528-19800530