Programs News Release: 20 September 1999

Related Activities for "Tilman Riemenschneider: Master Sculptor of the Late Middle Ages" National Gallery of Art, 3 October 1999 - 9 January 2000

Special Lectures
East Building Large Auditorium
Sundays at 2:00 p.m.

3 October
Tilman Riemenschneider: Master Sculptor
Julien Chapuis, assistant curator in the department of medieval art and The Cloisters at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and curator of the exhibition

12 December
German Sculpture at the Time of Riemenschneider
Alan Shestack, deputy director, National Gallery of Art, Washington

Gallery Talks
Tours led by a staff lecturer take visitors through the exhibition Tilman Riemenschneider: Master Sculptor of the Late Middle Ages. All groups meet in the Rotunda of the West Building.

25, 26, 27, and 30 November at 1:00 p.m.
2 December at noon

Family Programs
Families will explore the remarkable work of this medieval German sculptor beginning with a tour of the exhibition followed by a hands-on sculpture activity. Advance registration is required. Call (202) 789-3030.

Sundays, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Ages 8 to 12 -- 10 October and 5 December
Ages 12 to 15 -- 24 Octobe

Related Programs on Sculpture
Anatomy of Art: The Techniques of Sculpture, gallery talks, and films throughout September and October exploring how master artists created their sculpture. For a complete listing of programs, see the programs & events section of this site. Highlights are as follows.

Lectures/Demonstrations
Wednesdays and Saturdays at noon

Michael Curtis, artist and director of The Studio in Alexandria, Virginia, discusses and demonstrates sculpture techniques.

Carving: Mastery of the Chisel
29 September (East Building Auditorium)
2 October (West Building Lecture Hall)

Clay and Wax: The Techniques of Modeling Busts and Statues
9 October (West Building Lecture Hall)
13 October (East Building Auditorium)

Bronze Sculpture: From Paper to Pedestal
27 October (East Building Auditorium)
30 October (West Building Lecture Hall)

Catalogue
Tilman Riemenschneider: Master Sculptor of the Late Middle Ages is co-published by the National Gallery of Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art and distributed by Yale University Press. The first English-language book to illustrate Riemenschneider's works in color, it will be available for $35 (softcover) and $65 (hardcover) in the Gallery Shops call (301) 322-5900 or (800) 697-9350.

Sponsor/Organization
Support for the exhibition is provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany. Support for the exhibition and accompanying catalogue has been provided by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. Additional support for the catalogue has been provided by The Circle of the National Gallery of Art. The exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

General Information

The National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Garden are at all times free to the public. They are located on the National Mall between 3rd and 9th Streets at Constitution Avenue NW, and are open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Gallery is closed on December 25 and January 1. For information call (202) 737-4215 or the Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) at (202) 842-6176, or visit the Gallery's Web site at www.nga.gov.

Visitors will be asked to present all carried items for inspection upon entering the East and West Buildings. Checkrooms are free of charge and located at each entrance. Luggage and other oversized bags must be presented at the 4th Street entrances to the East or West Building to permit x-ray screening and must be deposited in the checkrooms at those entrances. For the safety of visitors and the works of art, nothing may be carried into the Gallery on a visitor's back. Any bag or other items that cannot be carried reasonably and safely in some other manner must be left in the checkrooms. Items larger than 17 x 26 inches cannot be accepted by the Gallery or its checkrooms.

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