Research report: Sarah Rosenthal: Art and Power in Flux: Urs Graf and Artistic Sovereignty in Early-Sixteenth-Century Germanic Lands

21 June 2026

Sarah Rosenthal, M.A. was a fellow at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force« from April to September 2025. A short report on her research on the topic »Art and Power in Flux: Urs Graf and Artistic Sovereignty in Early-Sixteenth-Century Germanic Lands« is now available online.

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