Hans Holbein Libri

This study brings together leading scholars from Europe and the United States to consider the art of Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98–1543) from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. Generously illustrated and based on the most up-to-date research, the book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Holbein the Younger and his magnificent art.In chapters relating to artistic exchange, the contributors discuss what Holbein knew of French and Italian art and how he utilized this knowledge. Conservation and technical chapters examine the materials and techniques in the painting The Ambassadors and documentary evidence on a series of festival paintings on canvas. Two contributors examine the artist’s woodcuts, particularly Dance of Death , in the light of contemporary political and theological issues. In addition, the historical and theoretical circumstances and contexts of Holbein’s portraits are investigated, notably their associations with classical antiquity and its revival in humanist thought. The book also considers the impact of the first scholarly monograph on Holbein’s reception and how German Romantic literary art criticism of the early nineteenth century shaped an image of his life and art.Published by the National Gallery of Art, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts / Distributed by Yale University Press

This edition features Holbein's iconic woodcuts from The Dance of Death, showcasing the folly of human greed through dramatic and witty imagery. Accompanied by Ulinka Rublack's insightful essay, it offers a fresh perspective on this medieval theme. A must-have for classic literature enthusiasts.

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.

A stunning collection of woodcut illustrations depicting human mortality, inspired by the work of the Swiss artist Hans Holbein. Created by a team of British engravers and poets in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, this book offers a haunting and unforgettable vision of life's transient nature, as well as the enduring power of art to memorialize it.