FILE: 13_Isenheim Altarpiece_Grunewald.jpg

TITLE: Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grunewald - N. RENAISSANCE

DESCRIPTION: German artist. Center panel of Altarpiece in OPEN position - RESURRECTION THEME - for chapel attached to Hospital of St. Anthony, Alsace France. Specialized in skin diseases ie leprosy. This was a time of plague. Belief was this altarpiece would make them well.Christ explodes out of tomb. He is no longer material but translucent.