Frankfurt's Städel Museum has reunited a number of panels from Italian Renaissance altarpieces in a grand exhibition that explains their function, meaning and value as "cult images" in their historical context rather than "art" as we understand it today. The thirteenth- to fifteenth-century paintings in Cult Image: Altarpiece and Devotional Painting from Duccio to Perugino are drawn largely from the the Städel Museum's remarkable collection.
"Cult Image: Altarpiece and Devotional Painting from Duccio to Perugino" is on view from July 7 to October 22, 2006 at the Städel Museum, Dürerstr. 2, 60596, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Telephone: 069-605098-200; Website). The museum is open Tuesday and Friday to Sunday from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM and Wednesday and Thursday from 10:00 AM to 9:00 AM. Admission is €8.00 for adults.
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From your Guide: Stan Parchin, Senior Correspondent for Museums and Special Exhibitions, is a specialist in ancient, late-medieval and Renaissance art and history, and a regular contributor to About Art History. You may read all of his Special Exhibition and Catalogue Reviews here.
"Cult Image: Altarpiece and Devotional Painting from Duccio to Perugino" is on view from July 7 to October 22, 2006 at the Städel Museum, Dürerstr. 2, 60596, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Telephone: 069-605098-200; Website). The museum is open Tuesday and Friday to Sunday from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM and Wednesday and Thursday from 10:00 AM to 9:00 AM. Admission is €8.00 for adults.
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From your Guide: Stan Parchin, Senior Correspondent for Museums and Special Exhibitions, is a specialist in ancient, late-medieval and Renaissance art and history, and a regular contributor to About Art History. You may read all of his Special Exhibition and Catalogue Reviews here.