By Susan James
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| Unterlinden Museum was formerly a Dominican convent. (Susan James) |
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Celebrating 500 Years: Grünewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece
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THE EPOCH TIMES
By Susan James
FRANCE---Colmar is a small town in Alsace near the border of France and Germany, but in the world of art, it has a very large footprint. On permanent exhibition in a former 13th-century Dominican convent, now the Unterlinden Museum, is the Isenheim altarpiece. This 16th century masterwork is by German Renaissance artist Matthias Gothart Nithart (called Grünewald). [link]
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