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Christoph Weiditz (1498, Strasbourg or Freiburg im Breisgau - 1559,
Nuremberg
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. * Andrea McKenzie Satterfield, ''The assimilation of the marvelous other: Reading Christoph Weiditz's Trachtenbuch (1529) as an ethnographic document''
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Christoph Weiditz's ''Trachtenbuch''
(1530/1540) in the German National Museum 1498 births 1559 deaths German printmakers German male painters 16th-century German painters German Renaissance painters German medallists German ethnologists Artists from Strasbourg 16th-century German sculptors German woodcarvers German goldsmiths {{ethnologist-stub
Christoph Weiditz (1498, Strasbourg or Freiburg im Breisgau - 1559, Augsburg
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) was a German painter, medalist, sculptor and goldsmith. His artistic development goes from a naïve-German record of the Renaissance influences to a clever mannerism. Christoph Weiditz is one of the four most important German medalist of the Renaissance, alongside Hans Schwarz, Friedrich Hagenauer and Matthes Gebel.
Life
He was the son ofHans Wydyz
Hans Wydyz or Weiditz the Elder (c.1470–1520) was a sculptor and artist operating in Germany in the early 16th century. His work is usually signed H. W. near the base. He sculpted mainly in wood and also created woodcuts.
His work is not o ...
, Wyditz or Widitz (ca. 1460 - 1520), a sculptor who worked in Freiburg between 1497 and 1514. He was also the brother of Hans Weiditz
Hans Weiditz the Younger, Hans Weiditz der Jüngere, Hans Weiditz II (1495 Freiburg im Breisgau - c1537 Bern), was a German Renaissance artist, also known as The Petrarch Master for his woodcuts illustrating Petrarch's ''De remediis utriusque fort ...
, the Younger (1493–1537), a famous woodcut artist.
Between 1528 and 1529 he stayed in Spain
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, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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and made drawings of the folk costumes the inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula (),
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* Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica''
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* french: Péninsule Ibérique
* mwl, Península Eibérica
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Gallery
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
The Germanisches National Museum is a museum in Nuremberg, Germany. Founded in 1852, it houses a large collection of items relating to German culture and art extending from prehistoric times through to the present day. The Germanisches National ...
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Image:Weiditz Trachtenbuch 001.jpg, ''Auf die Manier gand Indianische Weiber, Ist nit mer dan aine herrauss kumen.''
Image:Weiditz Trachtenbuch 008-009.jpg, ''Das Ist ain Indianer der ligt auff dem Rucken, vnnd Wirfft ain holtz aus der versten heraus, Ist aines mans lang vnnd so schwer hat auf der Erdt ain lötter vnder Im Ist als gros als ain kalbs vell''
Image:Weiditz Trachtenbuch 010-011.jpg, Indianer beim Ballspiel
Image:Weiditz Trachtenbuch 077 Hernan Cortés.jpg, Hernán Cortés
Image:Weiditz Trachtenbuch 081-082.jpg, ''Wie die Pferde in die Schiffe verfrachtet werden''
Bibliography
* Christoph Weiditz, ''Authentic Everyday Dress of the Renaissance. All 154 Plates from the „Trachtenbuch“''. Nachdruck der Ausgabe Berlin 1927. Dover Publications, New York NY 1994, . * Theodor Hampe (dir.), ''Das Trachtenbuch des Weiditz von seinen Reisen nach Spanien (1529) und den Niederlanden (1531/32)'', 1927. Réimpression : , New York NY, Dover Publications, 1994Google Books, extraits
. * Andrea McKenzie Satterfield, ''The assimilation of the marvelous other: Reading Christoph Weiditz's Trachtenbuch (1529) as an ethnographic document''
full text
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References
External links
Christoph Weiditz
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Victoria and Albert Museum
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Christoph Weiditz's ''Trachtenbuch''
(1530/1540) in the German National Museum 1498 births 1559 deaths German printmakers German male painters 16th-century German painters German Renaissance painters German medallists German ethnologists Artists from Strasbourg 16th-century German sculptors German woodcarvers German goldsmiths {{ethnologist-stub