Claus+Sluter

===Claus Sluter was a northern renesance sculptor. He was born in Haarlem, Netherlands in the 1340s he worked in Brussels in his early career before moving to Dijon as the assistant to the court sculptor of Philip the Bold. After his Master's death in1389 he became the court sculptor until his own death in 1406. His most famous work is the Well of Moses (the one with horns) he also built the tomb of Philip the Bold. His works are characterized by detailed emotional expressions, figural stance and his ability to carve drapery like robes.



Well of Moses, Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon, France, 1395-1405 The sell is six sided depicting six prophets and six weeping angels and topped with the crucifiction. The prophet Jeremiah has copper glasses to allude to the importance of reading in the monestary. Moses is shown with a parted beard to symbolize the parting of the red sea and horns because that was how Moses was portrayed The well was functional, providing irrigation for the orchards and gardens and serving as the cemetary cross. Tomb of Philip the Bold The tomb is the only other surviving major work of Claus Sluter. He died before its completion and his nephew, Clause de Werve, finished it according to his uncles design, with forty mourning figures, all highly individualized.

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