Renaissance & reformation: German art in the age of Dürer and Cranach
Directors' forewords / Michael Govan ... [et al.] -- Essays. The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin : one museum, many sites, one mission / Michael Eissenhauer. The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden : from electoral art chamber to universal museum / Dirk Syndram. The Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlunge...
| Σύνοψη: | Directors' forewords / Michael Govan ... [et al.] -- Essays. The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin : one museum, many sites, one mission / Michael Eissenhauer. The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden : from electoral art chamber to universal museum / Dirk Syndram. The Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen München : half a millenium of painting / Bernhard Maaz. German art in the sixteenth century : an introduction / Jeffrey Chipps Smith -- Catalogue. Traditional imagery and devotion ; Reformation and polemics ; Court and culture ; Humanism and reality ; Portraiture and status -- Appendix. Artists' biographies ; Glossary of the Reformation Featuring more than a hundred outstanding paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, and treasures of the Age of the Reformation, this publication comprises masterpieces by Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach the Elder and Lucas Cranach the Younger, Hans Holbein the Elder and Hans Holbein the Younger, Matthias Grünewald, and Tilman Riemenschneider, among others. By placing these works in their historical context, this beautifully illustrated book uses art as a prism through which to consider the religious, social and political upheavals of the time. The volume includes insightful texts that discuss pivotal subjects such as traditional imagery and devotion, Reformation and polemics, court life and culture, humanism and reality, as well as portraiture and representation. Biographies of the artists, an extensive bibliography and a glossary of central terms concerning the German Reformation make this a comprehensive study of a fascinating period in European art history |
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| Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου: | Essays by Michael Eissenhauer, Dirk Syndram, Bernhard Maaz, Jeffrey Chipps Smith, and Julien Chapuis Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-233) and index "This catalogue has been published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Renaissance and Reformation: German Art in the Age of Dürer and Cranach', held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, November 20, 2016-March 26, 2017." - Colophon |
| Φυσική περιγραφή: | 239 Seiten, 30 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-3-7913-5539-9 978-3-7913-6680-7 3-7913-5539-2 3-7913-6680-7 |
