Holbein / Helen Langdon ; with notes by James Malpas.
By: Langdon, Helen [author]
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Contributor(s): Malpas, James.
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BookSeries: Phaidon colour library: Publisher: London : Phaidon, 2007Copyright date: ©1993Description: 127 pages : illustrations, color plates ; 30 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 071482867X (paperback); 9780714828671 (paperback).Subject(s): Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543 -- Criticism and interpretationDDC classification: 759.3 HOL Summary: "Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497-1543) is renowned for his incisive portraits of Norhern Europe's courtiers, thinkers and statesmen, but his output was far more various, and included book illustration, large religious paintings and designs for jewellery and court fashions. This fine record of his career examines these varied aspects of his genius and beautifully illustrates the ways in which his miraculous technical accomplishment and attention to surface detail were married to acute observations of an empathy with his human subjects. For this new edition of Helen Langdon's introduction to Holbein, art historian James Malpas has selected additional illustrations and written detailed commentaries on each colour plate." -- Back cover.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 759.3 HOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00230828 | |||
| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 759.3 HOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00192072 | ||
| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 759.3 HOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00088761 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497-1543) is renowned for his incisive portraits of Norhern Europe's courtiers, thinkers and statesmen, but his output was far more various, and included book illustration, large religious paintings and designs for jewellery and court fashions. This fine record of his career examines these varied aspects of his genius and beautifully illustrates the ways in which his miraculous technical accomplishment and attention to surface detail were married to acute observations of an empathy with his human subjects.
For this new edition of Helen Langdon's introduction to Holbein, art historian James Malpas has selected additional illustrations and written detailed commentaries on each colour plate.
Bibliography: (page 27)
"Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497-1543) is renowned for his incisive portraits of Norhern Europe's courtiers, thinkers and statesmen, but his output was far more various, and included book illustration, large religious paintings and designs for jewellery and court fashions. This fine record of his career examines these varied aspects of his genius and beautifully illustrates the ways in which his miraculous technical accomplishment and attention to surface detail were married to acute observations of an empathy with his human subjects. For this new edition of Helen Langdon's introduction to Holbein, art historian James Malpas has selected additional illustrations and written detailed commentaries on each colour plate." -- Back cover.