Medieval wood carving online

August 31, 2009 9:45 AM

Where are there picture galleries of medieval wood carving (both in situ eg: misericords, pew ends, ecclesiastical accessories like baptism fonts, etc. and free standing figural carving like those of Tilman Riemenschneider, for example) online?

I've tried numerous Google searches and looked over some cathedral websites, only to come up empty. Any suggestions for more comprehensive resources would be appreciated...

posted by Chrischris to society & culture (3 comments total)

Wikimedia commons, search by artist. Riemenschneider.

This is a great book on the subject.
posted by fire&wings at 10:10 AM on August 31

Consider looking at Stave Churches as well. You can probably find a lot of galleries of the wooden carvings especially contacting the people who did the reproductions.
posted by jadepearl at 10:33 AM on August 31

*tiptoes in* Tilman Riemenschneider (and similar artists) *tiptoes out*
posted by thomas j wise at 11:11 AM on August 31 [2 favorites has favorites]