Bilder der Gotik und Renaissance

Do you find Christian saint figures against a gold background boring? Then you should take a closer look! The painters came up with quite a few surprises for us. They were able to let their imagination run free when it came to spiritual matters. Even when the task was to paint another crucifixion, they placed something there that intrigued them. Often, a small detail can surprise us: a sensual mouth, a striking gaze, two flamboyant gentlemen, abstraction and stark realism – or strikingly beautiful colors, shapes, and subtleties. From such details, Bernd Feuchtner develops a fresh perspective on the entire image. And from one image to the next. Exciting connections emerge. Did the painters know each other? How did they influence one another? How could fashions spread across Europe in just a few years even back then? While Florence is known as the starting point of the Renaissance, what do we know about the rich Burgundy? Thus, through the paintings in the Berlin Picture Gallery, we also casually experience the emergence of European art between 1230 and 1550.