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...Lenckhardt's realistic anatomy owes much to pioneering Renaissance draftsmen like the 15th century Florentine Pollaiuolo (1432-98). The painter, sculptor and jeweler daringly studied and depicted muscles and organs of skinned cadavers in an era when the church still frowned on dissection. His Battle of Naked Men is essentially a swashbuckling anatomy lesson, with its mythological figures ingeniously posed to show off the male body in as many positions as possible. There is no question that Pollaiuolo, one of the earliest artists to try his hand at engraving, considered the finished work extraordinary. It was the first print...
...Christ with the twelve Apostles, probably intended for a book cover and executed in Germany around A.D. 970, shortly after Otto the Great founded the Holy Roman Empire, is an unusual example that shows how Otto-nian workshops combined early Christian design with Saxon severity. Seven centuries later, Adam Lenckhardt used a single tusk of ivory to create a 17-in.-tall Descent from the Cross. Commissioned by the 17th century Prince Eusebius von Liechtenstein, the piece is unsurpassed among baroque ivory groups, accordingly to Director Lee. It is notable for its dulcet softness, subtlety and exquisite craftsmanship...
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