Veit Stoss ( also: Veit Stoß ; ; before 1450-about 20 September 1533 ) was a leading Bavarian ( though he was born in Swabia ) sculptor, mostly in wood, whose career covered the transition between the late Gothic and the Northern Renaissance.

Their eldest son Andreas was born there before 1477, when Stoss moved to Kraków, the royal capital of Poland, where he was commissioned to produce the enormous polychrome wooden Altar of Veit Stoss ( Ołtarz Wita Stwosza ) at St Mary's Church in Kraków.

In 1512, the Emperor asked Stoss to help with the planning of his tomb monument, which was eventually placed in the Hofkirche, Innsbruck ; it seems Stoss's attempts to cast in brass were unsuccessful.

Veit Stoss was buried at St. Johannis cemetery in Nuremberg.

The Swiss were confronted with the German Landsknecht who used similar tactics as the Swiss, but more pikes in the more difficult deutschen Stoss ( holding a pike that had its weight in the lower 1 / 3 at the end with two hands ), which was utilized in a more flexible attacking column.

Especially in Germany, it was the classic wood for sculpture from the Middle Ages onwards, and is the material for the elaborate altarpieces of Veit Stoss, Tilman Riemenschneider, and many others.

The author of the original story, Gerhart Hauptmann, had been impressed by Unthan during a cross-Atlantic voyage and was inspired to write the character of Arthur Stoss, an armless virtuoso, based upon him.

In 2008 it was acquired by Doug McNeese ( owner of NASDS until the merger with SSI in 1999 ) and Robert Stoss ( Manager Scubapro and Seemann Sub )-both being icons in the Dive industry for years.

The altarpiece was carved between 1477 and 1489 by the Bavarian sculptor Veit Stoss ( Wit Stwosz ) who moved to the city at around that time and lived there for the next 20 years.

He visited with Michael Wohlgemuth and his art was influenced by him and by that of Veit Stoss and Hans Pleydenwurff as well as by collaboration with the woodcutter Erasmus Grasser.

In 1401, the first of the Appenzell Wars broke out, and following the Appenzell victory at Stoss in 1405 they became allies of the Swiss Confederation in 1411.

Wooden Altar of Veit Stoss at St. Mary's Church, Kraków | St Mary's Church in Kraków

* The Veit Stoss altar replica at St. John Cantius, Chicago, USA

Following another Appenzell victory on 17 June 1405, at Stoss Pass on the border of Appenzell town, the new canton continued to expand.

Following another Appenzell victory on 17 June 1405, at Stoss Pass on the border of Appenzell town, the new canton continued to expand.

Following another Appenzell victory on 17 June 1405, at Stoss Pass on the border of Appenzell town, the new canton continued to expand.

He probably started working in Kraków ( from the connections of this city with Levoča at that time and from similarity of styles he could be a student of Veit Stoss ), Sabinov, Banská Bystrica until he settled in Levoča around 1500 and married a daughter of an influential citizen.

Following another Appenzell victory on 17 June 1405, at Stoss Pass on the border of Appenzell town, the new canton continued to expand.

( Twidale, 1980 ) In cross section, the Lee side is the eastern slope with an incline of 34-38 degrees, while the Stoss side is the western slope with a incline of only 10-20 degrees.

Veit Stoss is featured in Judith Weir's opera, The Black Spider.

Standing 80 m ( 262 ft ) tall, it is particularly famous for its wooden altarpiece carved by Veit Stoss ( Wit Stwosz ).

The altar inside the Lutheran church, which forms the center of this complex, is a wing altar / triptych from the 15th century, realized by the school of Veit Stoss Jr.

The cathedral also contains the tombs of Casimir III the Great and Jogaila but the most valuable one is that of Casimir IV Jagiellon, carved by Veit Stoss in 1492.

The Altarpiece of Veit Stoss (, ), also St. Mary's Altar ( Ołtarz Mariacki ), is the largest Gothic altarpiece in the World and a national treasure of Poland.

The Veit Stoss Altarpiece is about 13 m high and 11 m wide when the panels of the triptych are completely opened.

* September 20 – Veit Stoss, German sculptor ( b. c. 1447 )

* Veit Stoss ( German, 1447 – 1533 )

In 1496, Stoss returned to Nuremberg with his wife and eight children.

During the period 1515 – 1520, Veit Stoss received a commission for sculptures by Raphael Torrigiani, a rich Florentine merchant.

The ground holding divisions were reinforced by the Stoss regiment of an Eingreif division being moved up behind each front division, into the artillery protective line behind the forward battle zone, to launch earlier counter-attacks while the British were consolidating.

There are also several Renaissance works by Northern European sculptors in the collection including work by: Veit Stoss, Tilman Riemenschneider, Hendrick de Keyser, Jan van Schayck, Hans Daucher and Peter Flötner.

After the battles in Vögelinsegg ( 1403 ) and Stoss ( 1405 ) the land gained independence as part of Appenzell.

One of the most important battles of the Appenzell Wars ( 1401 – 29 ), the battle of Stoss Pass, took place in the territory of Gais.

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