Durer to Veronese : sixteenth-century painting in the National Gallery
Dunkerton, Jill2002
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Focusing on the 16th-century paintings in the National Gallery, this volume examines the work of artists such as Holbein, Titian and Raphael, discussing the meanings of individual pictures and the social position of the artist in the 1500s.Focusing on the outstanding sixteenth-century European paintings in the National Gallery, London, Durer to Veronese examines the finest works of such artists as Holbein, Raphael, Cranach, Titian and Bronzino. The authors look closely at a variety of types of painting as well as frescoes, drawings and prints. They provide fascinating insights into the meanings of individual pictures and the social position of the artist in the 1500s as well as the most up-to-date account yet of the procedures, practices and materials these artists employed.
Main title:
Durer to Veronese : sixteenth-century painting in the National Gallery / Jill Dunkerton, Susan Foister and Nicholas Penny.
Imprint:
New Haven, [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, [2002]
Collation:
xi, 317 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), facsims., col. maps, col. ports. ; 28 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 1999.Published in association with National Gallery Publications, London.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780300095333 (pbk)
Dewey class:
759.03074
LC class:
ND170
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2066675
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