European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Riemenschneider s masterpiece the holy blood altar. Face of Christ shows effects of time. James looks away As apostle John in Back sleeps. Is photos by Guenter Schuettler altar shows Thomas locked in discussion with Bartholomew. Page 16 the identities of Many of the great artists and craftsmen that made the gothic age so great have either been lost in time or. Are simply unknown except of experts. An exception to the anonymity is Tilman Riemenschneider a Wuerzburg Wood Sculp Tor who created medieval masterpieces to be found in museums around the world. Perhaps his most famous work is the holy blood altar of Rothenburg a towering gothic sculpture entering on the last supper with Side themes of Christ s arrival in Jerusalem the night of prayer on the mount of olives and the annunciation of the stars and stripes Mary. The altar carved Between 1501 and 1505, is housed in St. Jakobs Kirche and is a must for visitors. The powerful f5 a superbly pensive Christ a plow worried John a bold Thomas locked discussion with a doubting Bartholomew bemused the mind and absorb the vie8 the result is a powerful statement of belie the Carver suffered bitterly when he Fly Pathi Zed in the peasants revolt of i and was imprisoned in the aftermath. A Negedly his fingers were smashed As p ashment. He died in 1531-b a lives in gothic splendor. Sunday april 28,