(This entry has been delayed by the pace of the tour.)
After our walk described in the previous post, we had a traditional lunch in Munster- an onion tart with choucroute.
We then took the coach back to Colmar for a visit to Musée d'Unterlinden where a local guide gave us a detailed explanation of the Isenheim Altarpiece sculpted and painted by, respectively, the Germans Niclaus of Hagenau and Matthis Grümewald in 1512-1516.
We felt that this gave us a much better understanding of the faith of the time and place of this expression than could be discerned by mere personal contemplation of the work. Since Wikipedia has excellent illustrations of the layers, they are copied here.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isenheim_Altarpiece
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isenheim_Altarpiece
Glad that the commentary has resumed!
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