Weißkunig woodcuts

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The Weißkunig woodcuts are a celebrated series of Renaissance prints illustrating the semi-autobiographical, propagandistic life story of Emperor Maximilian I, designed by Hans Burgkmair the Elder and other artists.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance print series ⓘ
book illustration cycle ⓘ
woodcut series ⓘ
artForm book illustration ⓘ
narrative cycle ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance important source for the image of Maximilian I ⓘ
major monument of early 16th-century imperial propaganda ⓘ
basedOn Weißkunig text ⓘ
commissionContext Maximilian I’s print propaganda projects ⓘ
commissionedBy Emperor Maximilian I ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
currentLocation various museum and library collections ⓘ
dateOfCreation early 16th century ⓘ
depicts life of Emperor Maximilian I ⓘ
designedBy Hans Burgkmair the Elder ⓘ
Hans Schäufelein ⓘ
Hans Springinklee ⓘ
Leonhard Beck ⓘ
other Augsburg artists ⓘ
designedIn Augsburg ⓘ
genre courtly propaganda ⓘ
historical illustration ⓘ
propaganda art ⓘ
hasAuthorialPerspective semi-autobiographical ⓘ
iconography Christian piety ⓘ
chivalric virtues ⓘ
idealized image of the Habsburg ruler ⓘ
imperial authority ⓘ
mainSubject Emperor Maximilian I ⓘ
material ink on paper ⓘ
movement Northern Renaissance ⓘ
narrativeFunction dynastic glorification ⓘ
political legitimation ⓘ
notableHolding Albertina, Vienna ⓘ
Austrian National Library ⓘ
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg ⓘ
partOf Weißkunig ⓘ
linked to: Weisskunig
portrays battles of Maximilian I ⓘ
court ceremonies ⓘ
diplomatic missions ⓘ
education and upbringing of Maximilian I ⓘ
marriage politics of Maximilian I ⓘ
tournaments and chivalric scenes ⓘ
portraysAsAllegoricalFigure Weißkunig (the White King) ⓘ
linked to: Weisskunig
primaryLanguageContext German ⓘ
printingTechnique relief printing ⓘ
relatedWork Theuerdank ⓘ
Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I ⓘ
Triumphal Procession of Maximilian I ⓘ
workPeriod c. 1510s ⓘ

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Hans Burgkmair the Elder → notableWork → Weißkunig woodcuts ⓘ
Leonhard Beck → notableWork → Weisskunig woodcuts ⓘ
linked to: Weißkunig woodcuts
Leonhard Beck → notableWork → Genealogy of Maximilian I (woodcuts) ⓘ
linked to: Weißkunig woodcuts
Schwarzer König → depictedIn → Emperor Maximilian I’s allegorical work Weisskunig ⓘ
subject linked to: Schwarzer König (Black King)
linked to: Weißkunig woodcuts