Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, 1475-1540
Summary: During the Renaissance, Augsburg, Germany fostered an important and diverse artistic community and was the center from which Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I organized his print and armor commissions. This thriving market cultivated artistic innovation and technological advancements such as etching and color printing. Listen here as University of Texas at Austin faculty, graduate students, and the Blanton’s museum staff discuss the city of Augsburg and its artists and citizens. The Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, 1475-1540 podcast includes nine tracks recorded and edited by Mary Myers/Blanton Museum of Art.
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Podcasts:
A specialist in the art and architecture of the Northern Renaissance, UT professor Dr. Jeffrey Chipps Smith discusses Augsburg’s religious and cultural position within Renaissance Europe.
Kress Interpretive Fellow, Natalie Zeldin, discusses period music from Augsburg.
Manager of Exhibitions, Catherine Zinser, discusses the role of European women during the 15th and 16th centuries.
UT Professor and Director of the Center for European Studies, Dr. Douglas Biow, discusses Renaissance portraiture.
UT Civil Engineering professor, Dr. Amit Bhasin, discusses Renaissance metallurgy and armor production.
Artist and UT printmaking instructor, Lee Chesney, discusses the technical process of etching.
Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings and European Paintings, Francesca Consagra, discusses chiaroscuro woodcuts and Lovers Surprised by Death.
UT Communications professor, Brad Love, discusses images of propaganda and branding during the reign of Maximilian I.
UT art history graduate student Catharine Ingersoll discusses the importance of patronage in the arts.
