GERMANY: WORLDS LARGEST JIGSAW PUZZLE OF ALBECHT DURER PAINTING TAKES SHAPE IN NUREMBERG

Record ID: 647386

  • Title: GERMANY: WORLDS LARGEST JIGSAW PUZZLE OF ALBECHT DURER PAINTING TAKES SHAPE IN NUREMBERG
  • Date: 6th August 2005
  • Summary: (W1) NUREMBERG, GERMANY (AUGUST 6, 2005) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE OF TOWN SQUARE IN NUREMBERG WITH A LARGE POSTER OF AN ALBRECHT DURER PAINTING HANGING FROM THE CHURCH AND PEOPLE WALKING ON THE OVERSIZED PUZZLE 0.06 2. CLOSE OF POSTER OF ALBRECHT DURER PAINTING "A YOUNG VENETIAN LADY" 0.11 3. WIDE/ PAN PEOPLE TRYING TO FIT JIGSAW PUZZLE PIECES INTO THE PUZZLE 0.22 4. SLV LITTLE GIRL TRYING TO PUT A JIGSAW PIECE INTO THE PUZZLE IN TOWN SQUARE 0.31 5. CLOSE OF YOUNG BOY TRYING TO PUT A JIGSAW PIECE INTO THE PUZZLE 0.36 6. WIDE OF TWO GIRLS FITTING A JIGSAW PIECE INTO THE PUZZLE 0.45 7. CLOSE OF LITTLE GIRL WITH PUZZLE PIECES 0.54 8. SLV PEOPLE WATCHING 0.59 9. WIDE / PAN PEOPLE WITH JIGSAW PIECES 1.09 10. WIDE OF PEOPLES' SHOES NEXT TO THE JIGSAW PUZZLE 1.14 11. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (German) PROFESSOR JULIA LEHNER, HEAD OF CULTURE FOR NUREMBERG COUNCIL SAYING: "It stands out as being the world's biggest Durer-Puzzle. Spread over three hundred square metres we have a depiction of the "Young Venetian Lady", which has to be made up from 1,700 single pieces, and we are doing it here on the St Sebald square in front of the church with Albrecht Durer had such close contact." 1.38 12. PAN FROM THE CHURCH TO THE PUZZLE 1.38 13. SLV PEOPLE PUZZLING OVER THE PUZZLE 1.53 14. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (German) PROFESSOR JULIA LEHNER HEAD OF CULTURE FOR NUREMBERG COUNCIL SAYING: "And this year we had the idea to really get people so close to the paintings that you see every brush stroke and get to know every detail, and that is how we came up with the idea of the Durer puzzle." 2.06 15. TOPSHOT OF THE DURER PUZZLE ON THE MAIN SQUARE WITH PEOPLE WALKING ON IT 2.13 16. SLV PEOPLE DISCUSSING WHERE TO FIT PIECES 2.21 17. SLV YOUNG CHILDREN PLAYING ON THE PUZZLE 2.29 18. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (German) YOUNG PARTICIPANT, REBECCA ALBERT SAYING: "I think it is better than a small jigsaw puzzle, because you can't walk on a small puzzle, and hundreds of people can't work on it, you would be finished immediately." 2.47 19. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (German) ANOTHER YOUNG PARTICIPANT, LEA PLUSKE SAYING: "It is actually quite hard, but it is still a lot of fun." 2.51 20. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (German) YOUNG BOY, JONAS FRIES SAYING: "I think it is cool, I have already done a thousand piece puzzle, and this is much cooler because the thousand piece puzzle was so small, and I think this is much cooler because it will be so big, and is actually quite difficult." PAN DOWN TO PUZZLE PIECES IN HIS HAND 3.13 21. TOPSHOT OF ADULTS PUTTING PIECES INTO THE PUZZLE 3.19 22. TOPSHOT OF THE SQUARE AND THE OVERSIZE DRER PUZZLE 3.27 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 21st August 2005 13:00
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  • Location: NUREMBERG, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVA9FMMR3PIXTRJOTOXVLE69XMGC
  • Story Text: The world's largest jigsaw puzzle featuring a
    picture by the German artist Duerer is being put together
    in his home town


    Roughly 1,700 puzzle pieces, 300 square metres, two
    days and two nights - that is it all amounts to when the
    the world's largest jigsaw puzzle with a picture by
    Albrecht Duerer is put together. The puzzle, featuring
    Duerer's 'A Young Venetian Lady', is the highlight of a
    weekend in Nuremberg celebrating the 500 years since the
    German artist's fruitful trip to Venice.

    "It stands out as being the world's biggest
    Drer-Puzzle. Spread over three hundred square metres we have a
    depictio
    n of the "Young Venetian Lady", which has to
    be made up from 1,700 single pieces, and we are doing it
    here on the St Sebald square in front of the church with
    Albrecht Drer had such close contact," said Professor
    Julia Lehner, Head of Culture at Nuremberg City Council.

    "This year we had the idea to really get people so
    close to the paintings that you see every brush stroke and
    get to know every detail, and that is how we came up with
    the idea of the Drer puzzle," she added.

    The large jigsaw puzzle on the steps of the church in
    the artist's home town was started by volunteers and
    members of the public on Friday (August 5) and was to be
    finished by Saturday night (August 6). The individual
    pieces are 45 x 38 centimetres and anyone who felt like
    taking on the challenge could try and fit them into the
    famous painting, even children who were not much bigger
    than the pieces themselves.

    "I think it is better than a small jigsaw puzzle,
    because you can't walk on a small puzzle, and hundreds of
    people can't work on it, you would be finished
    immediately," said Rebecca Albert. "It is actually quite
    hard, but it is still a lot of fun," Lea Pluske agreed.

    "I think it is cool, I have already done a thousand
    piece puzzle, and this is much cooler because the thousand
    piece puzzle was so small," said Jonas Fries.

    Germany's most famous artist, Duerer (1471-1528) was
    born in the Nuremberg town centre and lived and worked
    there. Many of his masterpieces were inspired there, such
    as "A Young Hare", "Nuremberg Woman Dressed for Church" and
    numerous landscapes. Nuremberg's town council dedicates
    events to it's most famous son every year.


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