Late Gothic The Birth of Modernity

Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie’’s Late Gothic: the Birth of Modernity is the first ever comprehensive exhibition in the German-speaking world on late Gothic art. Featuring some 130 objects – including loans and key works from the collections of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – the show will juxtapose various artistic genres and media, revealing the full breadth of the media innovations of the 15th century and the art of the late Gothic era.

The exhibition will revolve around the progressive tendencies of the long transition period between the Middle Ages and the early modern age. Like perhaps no other epoch, in German-speaking regions, the period between 1430 and 1500 was marked by profound changes that continue to influence our understanding of art and images to this day. The exhibition includes a broad selection of works by well-known proponents of late Gothic art, such as Stefan Lochner, Konrad Witz, Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden, and Tilman Riemenschneider.

Niclas Gerhaert van Leyden, Self-portrait?, ca. 1467, Musée de l’Oeuvre Notre Dame, Strasbourg.