Paper festivals and popular entertainment : the Kermis woodcuts of Sebald Beham in Reformation Nuremberg

Author

Stewart, Alison

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Sixteenth century journal. 1993, Num. 2, Vol. 24, 301-350, 16 ill.

ISSN

0361-0160

Abstract (en)

Sebald Beham's kermis prints, published in Nuremberg 1528 to mid 1530s are discussed within the context of kermis as a popular festival in the city. The kermis images, created at the time the Lutheran Reformation was taking hold in Nuremberg, are shown to be both extensions of that festival celebrated throughout the countryside and of the town council's attempts to control or halt most of the celebration. Shows that members of all social classes enjoyed kermis at the same time that the festival was praised, criticized, and re-evaluated in contemporary literature and legislation; that the common folk did not automatically acquiesce to commands from Nuremberg's elite authorities; and that the making and shaping of the festival prints was far more complex than revealing the attitudes of the elites.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Prints and illustration -- Germany
• Beham, Sebald, the elder, act.1494, d.1534
• Prints
• Representation
• Festivals
• Nürnberg (DEU)
• Woodcuts
• Germany
• 1500-1600
• Reformation
• Lutheranism
• Social classes

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Estampe et illustration -- Allemagne
• Beham, Sebald, l'Ancien, act.1494, m.1534
• Estampe
• Représentation
• Fête
• Nürnberg (DEU)
• Gravure sur bois
• Allemagne
• 1500-1600
• Réforme
• Luthéranisme
• Classe sociale

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940101-00338752

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