Matthias Grünewald - Mathis der Maler

A slideshow presentation of the German Renaissance painter Matthias Grünewald. Grünewald is the subject of the 1938 opera by Paul Hindemith, "Mathis der Maler" (Matthias the Painter).
Hindemith also wrote a symphony based on themes from the opera. I have chosen the second movement, "Entombment", from Hindemith's Symphony, Mathis der Maler as the music for this video.

More about Matthias Grünewald at this link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Gr%C3%BCnewald

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• Grünewald
• fine
• art
• Renaissance
• Hindemith
• Mathis
• der
• Maler

[3tristan]

Very beautiful! Thank you very much.

[FiDiTanzer528]

Thanks for viewing and commenting.

[84loneliness]

This painter is a magician of colours.. The Isenheim altarpiece is a brilliant 'book' that represents in religious images and colour an era of great social turbulences, with an Europe in deep spiritual crisis.

Without a doubt one of the greatest painters in the history of art and probably the most underrated in the same time..

I don't want to say anything bad about the "music" but - even if it was composed for him - it does not match at all with the art of this astonishing painter.

[raaustin]

Thank you for your time and effort combining these beautiful and moving images with Hindemith's magnificent music.

[secutorclaudius]

very gritty painter. awesome skill. thanx

[centerfielder45]

@84loneliness A Non-Musicians View

[davidgrahamscott]

This IS art!!

[AphroditeEros33]

☆<3☆brillanter Maler!!! I just found out that some of my favorite paintings/drawings are his work*^o^* One of the most amazing & supreme artists!!! I love his works of art*^o^* Thank you so much for making & sharing this beautiful art & music video*^o^*☆<3☆

[vedranaflips]

Matthias Grunewald loved colors and music is sweet,sweet.

[posaunebri]

Small difference, but the Hindemith biography I read years ago indicated Hindemith wrote the symphony first. As such, the themes originated for the symphony and then were used for the opera. Thanks for posting this, a monument of the 20th Century.

[rmac1042]

The string writing of Paul Hindemith is sublime! The "chords that sigh" at the end of this movement are perfect examples of bitonality. Listen to the string interlude about 2/3 of the way through the 3rd movement as well... the gates of heaven seem to open.

[shinzon89]

could you also upload the first movement of the symphony? It's called "Engelkonzert". Would be very nice...

[alezander666]

been to europe many times,never got to see "isenheim altarpiece",before i die,i want to see that cosmic jesus,and those celestial beings forming in the dark,unknown to mary,such psychedelic truth,rye ergot killed,and some probably on the lsd made future visions in europe