Tilman Riemenschneider (1468-1531) was the most famous of all German late-Gothic sculptors. His style of carving is beautifully refined, with nervous, crackling drapery folds and superb surface finish of the alabaster, sandstone, or lindenwood with...

In Form in Gothic, his provocative meditation on the art and architecture of the late Middle Ages, the German art historian and aesthetician Wilhelm Worringer concluded that the world of Northern man "yielded itself to him in all acuteness with its thousand details...

The Art of Tilman Riemenschneider A recent retrospective provided a rare opportunity--the first in almost 40 years--for viewers in the U.S. to see the work of this late medieval sculptor in wood who is little known outside Germany. Sculpture is a...