Holbein's Icones historiarvm Veteris Testamenti: A photolith fac-simile reprint from the Lyons edition of 1547

Icones historiarum Veteris Testamenti.- Introduction. pt. I. Pictorial art in illustration of the Bible histories, to the time of Holbein the younger.- pt. II. Some of the characteristics of pictorial art as founded on sacred history, with especial remarks on several of Holbein's Bible figures,...

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Main Author: Holbein, Hans 1497-1543 (Author)
Corporate Author: University of Toronto (Contributor)
Contributors: Green, Henry 1801-1873 (Contributor) ; Woltmann, Alfred Friedrich Gottfried Albert 1841-1880 (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Manchester Published for the Holbein society by A. Brothers . . . . 1869
In:Year: 1869
Further subjects:B Bible. O.T Illustrations
B Fine Arts
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Summary:Icones historiarum Veteris Testamenti.- Introduction. pt. I. Pictorial art in illustration of the Bible histories, to the time of Holbein the younger.- pt. II. Some of the characteristics of pictorial art as founded on sacred history, with especial remarks on several of Holbein's Bible figures, from the German of Dr. Alfred Woltmann.- Holbein's Historical figures, I.-XCIV., described in translations from the Latin and French of the Lyons editions 1539 and 1547, with the Frankfort Latin and German versions of 1551.- Notes. Photo-lithographic plates, I.-XLVII., illustrative of historical figures of the Bible. Bibliographical notices of the illustrative plates. Index of subjects and sources. General index.
Item Description:The facsimile is followed by: Holbein's Historical figures of the Old Testament. Edited by Henry Green, M.A. With an introduction on pictorial art in illustration of the Bible histories, and Woltmann's especial remarks on Holbein's figures. Also, Forty-eight illustrative photo-lith. plates, and some account of their sources. Manchester, Published for the Holbein society by A. Brothers; [etc., etc.] 1869. (With separate t.-p., ornamental border)