Mar 15, 2022
In s2ep15, Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig continue talking about game-changer Martin Luther and the effects of his 95 theses against the Catholic Church, which brought about the Protestant Reformation in 1517. In this episode they talk about the biting criticism of politics in the church and the schism with the Lutherans/Protestants that is the subject of prints by Hans Holbein the younger and Lucas Cranach the elder.
Episode image: Hans Holbein the younger (German, 1497/98–1543). Martin Luther as Hercules Germanicus, 1522. Woodcut. Image: 34.5 x 22.6 cm (From Heinrich Brennwald and Johannes Stumpf, Schweizer Chronik, Ms. A 2, before p. 150). Zentralbibliothek, Zürich.
Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472–1553). Portrait of
Martin Luther, 1529. Oil on wood. 73 x 54 cm. (28 ¾ x 21 ¼
in.). St. Anne’s Church, Augsburg.
Tru Ludwig, Powerpoint slide with Tiananmen Square and Martin
Luther.
Tru Ludwig, Powerpoint slide with Tiananmen Square, Martin Luther,
and Rosa Parks.
Hans Holbein the younger (German, 1497/98–1543). Martin Luther
as Hercules Germanicus, 1522. Woodcut. Image: 34.5 x 22.6 cm
(From Heinrich Brennwald and Johannes Stumpf, Schweizer Chronik,
Ms. A 2, before p. 150). Zentralbibliothek, Zürich.
Hans Lützelburger (German, died Basel, before 1526) after Hans
Holbein the Younger (German, 1497/98–1543). The Clergyman,
from the series The Dance of Death, c. 1526, published
1538. Woodcut. Sheet: 2 1/2 x 1 15/16 in. (6.4 x 4.9 cm.).
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Hans Lützelburger (German, died Basel, before 1526) after Hans
Holbein the Younger (German, 1497/98–1543). The Nun, from
the series The Dance of Death, c. 1526, published 1538.
Woodcut. Sheet: 2 1/2 x 1 15/16 in. (6.4 x 4.9 cm.). Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York.
Hans Lützelburger (German, died Basel, before 1526) after Hans
Holbein the Younger (German, 1497/98–1543). The Pope, from
the series The Dance of Death, c. 1526, published 1538.
Woodcut. Sheet: 2 1/2 x 1 15/16 in. (6.4 x 4.9 cm.). Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York.
Hans Lützelburger (German, died Basel, before 1526) after Hans
Holbein the Younger (German, 1497/98–1543). The Peasant (or
Ploughman), from the series The Dance of Death, c.
1526, published 1538. Woodcut. Sheet: 2 1/2 x 1 15/16 in. (6.4 x
4.9 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Hans Holbein the Younger (German, 1497/98–1543). The
Ambassadors, 1533. Oil on wood. 207 × 209 cm. (81 ×82 ½ in.).
National Gallery, London.
Hans Holbein the Younger (German, 1497/98–1543). Portrait of
Henry VIII, c. 1537. Oil on wood. 28 x 20 cm.
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museo Nacional, Madrid.
Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472–1553). Portrait of Martin
Luther as Junker Jörg, c. 1521–22. Oil on wood. 52.5 x 35.5
cm. Klassik Stiftung, Weimar.
Hans Baldung Grien (German, 1584/85–1545) after Lucas Cranach the
Elder (German, 1472–1553). Martin Luther as an Augustinian
Monk, 1521. Woodcut. Sheet: 156 x 114 mm. British Museum,
London.
After Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472–1553). Pope Paul
III as a Donkey, c. 1545. Unknown collection.
Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472–1553). The Old and the
New Testament, c. 1528–32. Woodcut. Image: 233 x 324 mm.;
Sheet: 270 x 325 mm. British Museum, London.
Lucas Cranach the Younger (German, 1515–1586). Luther: For the
Reformation and Against Catholicism, 1546. Woodcut with hand
coloring. 35.1 × 58.5 cm. Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin.
German, 16th century. Caricature of Martin Luther as
a Wolf in Monk’s Habit, c. 1500–25. Engraving. Image: 5 7/8 x
3 3/4 in. (15 x 9.5 cm.); sheet: 5 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. (15 x 9.5 cm.).
New York Public Library, New York.
Wolfgang Stecher (German, 16th century). Martin
Luther as St. Jerome, 1587–97. Engraving. Sheet: 142 x 128 mm.
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg.
German, 16th century. Martin Luther and a Nun
(Katharina von Bora?), c. 1535. Trick woodcuts. Germanisches
Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg.
Dutch 16th century broadsheet. The Pope’s True Self, 1610. Engraving. Sheet: 15 ¾ x 6 ½ in. Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg, Halle, Germany.
Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472–1553). Four Horsemen of
the Apocalypse, in Das Gantz New Testament, 1529.
University of Glasgow Library, Special Collections.
Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472–1553). The Seven
Candlesticks, in Das Gantz New Testament, 1529.
University of Glasgow Library, Special Collections.
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). The Vision of the Seven
Candlesticks, from the series The Apocalypse, 1498.
Woodcut. 44.1 x 30.5 cm (17 3/8 x 12 in). Metropolitan Museum of
Art.
Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472–1553). Anti-Papal
caricature, the Pope-Donkey, 1523. Woodcut.
Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472–1553). Passion of Christ
and the Antichrist. Wittenberg: Johann Rhau Grunenberg, 1521.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472–1553). Bible, September
1522. Wittenberg: Melchoie Lotter the Younger, 1522. Photo:
Guenther Rare Books.
Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472–1553). Bible, December
1522. Wittenberg: Melchoie Lotter the Younger, 1522. Southern
Methodist University Bridwell Library, Dallas.