The Graphic Works by Lucas Cranach the Elder, his Sons and the Workshop. Interdisciplinary Analysis and Development of a Networked Research Resource

老卢卡斯·克拉纳赫不仅是德国文艺复兴时期最重要的代表人物之一，也是最具生产力的人物之一。他作为德国和欧洲宗教改革图画语言的发明者和调解人的重要角色是毋庸置疑的。他也被公认为阿尔卑斯山以北最重要的宫廷画家之一。虽然在过去的10年里，绘画和档案文件已经在跨学科和协作研究的背景下在Cranach数字档案馆(CDA)中被系统地编目，但克拉纳赫广泛分布的版画和素描作品的如此全面和学术上可持续的目录并不存在，尽管它们对于传播宗教改革思想具有巨大的艺术价值和意义。该项目的目的是开发一个系统的在线数字目录，其中包括卢卡斯·克拉纳赫长老、他的儿子和作坊绘制的约300幅图纸和约600幅版画，提供高分辨率图像，并提供英文和德文的艺术历史、技术和保护信息。它将作为一个平台，使目前存放在不同机构的所有信息都能向专业人士和公众开放。它将与其他门户网站合作，如图形门户网站、各种博物馆数据库，并在CDA经验的基础上，作为未来同类目录的原型，记录一系列复杂的印刷品和图纸。除了关于主题和主题的问题外，还将记录和研究与客体相关的方面，如原始版块与其后来的状态之间的关系，印象的年表及其作为书籍插图或其他用途的使用，从而提供关于传播和使用期限的宝贵信息。系统的技术检查应该为对每件作品的真实性、年代、传播以及相关的当代功能和意义进行更可靠的艺术史评估提供基础。此外，CDA目前的内容提供了一个独特的机会，可以在更广泛的主要来源范围内审查印刷品和图纸。由于CDA已经被世界各地的大量参观者每天使用，包括印刷和素描将显示出极具生产力的Cranach工作坊利用的相当广泛的出版领域，它以不同的方式参与了当时的政治和宗教强国维滕贝格的政治和忏悔发展。因此，克拉纳赫的版画和素描的数字化和编目对于保存和传播德国文艺复兴的艺术和文化遗产至关重要。

Lucas Cranach the Elder is not only one of the most important representatives of the German Renaissance, but also one of the most productive. His vital role as inventor and mediator of a Reformation pictorial language in Germany and Europe is indisputable. He is also recognised as one of the foremost court painters North of the Alps. While over the last 10 years the paintings and archival documents have been systematically catalogued in the Cranach Digital Archive (CDA) within the context of an interdisciplinary and collaborative research initiative, no such comprehensive and scholarly sustainable catalogue of Cranach’s widely dispersed oeuvre of prints and drawings exists, despite their great artistic value and significance for the dissemination of Reformation ideas. The aim of this project is to develop a systematic online digital catalogue of the c. 300 drawings and c. 600 prints by Lucas Cranach the Elder, his sons and workshop, providing high resolution images and access to art historical, technical and conservation information in both English and German. It will serve as a platform from which all information, currently housed in different institutions, will be made accessible to professionals and the general public alike.In cooperation with other portals like the Graphikportal, various Museum databases, and building on the experience of the CDA it would serve as a prototype for future similar catalogues of its kind to document a complex oeuvre of prints and drawings. In addition to questions regarding the motif and subject, object related aspects would also be documented and researched, such as the relationship between the original block and its subsequent states, the chronology of impressions and their use as book illustration or otherwise, thus providing valuable information on the dissemination and period of use. A systematic technical examination should provide a basis for a more reliable art historical evaluation of the authenticity, dating, dissemination and associated contemporary function and significance of each work. Furthermore, the present content of the CDA provides a unique opportunity to examine the prints and drawings within a wider spectrum of primary sources. As the CDA is already used worldwide on a daily basis by a great number of visitors the inclusion of the prints and drawings would show the considerably wider field of publication exploited by the extremely productive Cranach workshop in its diverse involvement in the political and confessional development of Wittenberg, a political and religious powerhouse at that time. Consequently, the digitalization and cataloguing of Cranach’s prints and drawings is of central importance for the preservation and propagation of the artistic and cultural heritage of the German Renaissance.