The Northern Renaissance: Durer to Holbein: Dürer to Holbein - Softcover

Heard, Kate; Whitaker, Lucy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 190568682X ISBN 13: 9781905686827

Verlag: Royal Collection Trust, 2013

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The Northern Renaissance was a period of profound social and religious upheaval in Europe, with the rapid spread of humanism and the burgeoning Protestant Reformation sweeping the continent. Reflecting this momentous change is the glorious art of the period, which draws on the complex themes of religion, allegory, and classical myth and is further characterized by superb technical skill coupled with an interest in capturing likeness with almost psychological precision.

This sumptuously illustrated volume features works by German artists Albrecht Dürer and Hans Holbein&;two of the great masters of the Northern Renaissance. Working in a variety of media that included engravings, woodcuts, illuminated manuscripts, and oil paintings, Dürer and Holbein created landscapes, still lifes, and portraits of near-photographic realism, including Holbein&;s superlative drawings of members of Henry VIII&;s court. Examined here alongside a selection of works by other Northern Renaissance masters&;including Lucas Cranach, François Clouet, Jan Gossaert, and Joos van Cleve&;the works of Dürer, Cranach, and Holbein are shown to be a blend of techniques and ideals old and new.

Drawn from the Royal Collection&;s world-class paintings and drawings, The Northern Renaissance marks a major reexamination of works that have been little considered during the past forty years and offers a uniquely beautiful overview of a fascinating period in European art.

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Kate Heard is curator of prints and drawings in the Royal Collection Trust and deputy editor of the Journal of the History of Collections. Lucy Whitaker is assistant surveyor of the Queen&;s Pictures and coauthor of The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection: Renaissance and Baroque, also published by the Royal Collection Trust.

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The Northern Renaissance in Europe was a period of rapid social and religious change. This is reflected in much of the art of the period, which is further characterised by a fascinating range of subject-matter, superb technical skill and an interest in capturing likeness with almost psychological precision. The same period also saw a great rise in the importance of works on paper, especially prints. This book discusses works by Albrecht Dürer and Hans Holbein - two of the greatest masters of the Northern Renaissance - together with a selection of paintings by Lucas Cranach. Encompassing portraiture, religion, mythology and allegory, these works are examined alongside others by such masters as Francois Clouet, Jan Gossaert and Joos van Cleve. Holbein's superlative drawings of members of the court of King Henry VIII can be seen side-by-side with finished paintings and miniatures of the same sitters; and this rich survey also includes illuminated manuscripts and early printed books.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Royal Collection Trust
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 190568682X
• ISBN 13: 9781905686827
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 248
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