Limewood Sculptors of Renaissance Germany.

Michael, Baxandall:

ISBN 10: 0300028296 / ISBN 13: 9780300028294

Published by New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 1980

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420 Pg. Ill. 20,3 x 3,2 x 26,7 cm. Contents: List of Illustrations -- I Introduction -- Upper Germany -- Events -- Settlement -- The Cities -- The Limewood Sculptors -- Antecedents -- First Generation -- Second Generation -- Third Generation -- II Material -- Limewood -- Chiromancy and the Grand Form -- Middle Forms and Surfaces -- III Functions -- The Image -- The Winged Retable -- Iconoclasm -- Secular Satisfactions -- The Market -- Custom -- Conditions of Trade -- The Guild Strategy -- Monopoly and Monopolistic Competition -- V Identities -- The Individual Style -- Gregor Erhart and Augsburg -- The Welsch and the Deutsch -- VI The Period Eye -- Shapes -- Persons -- VII Individuals -- Michel Erhart of Ulm -- Tilman Riemenschneider of Würzburg -- Veit Stoss of Nuremberg -- Hans Leinberger of Landshut. ISBN 9780300028294 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1328. Seller Inventory # 1193052

Bibliographic Details

Title: Limewood Sculptors of Renaissance Germany.

Publisher: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press

Publication Date: 1980

Binding: Softcover.

Condition: Gut

Edition: Sixth Printing 2004.

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Synopsis:

A detail examination of the craftsmanship and lives of German woodcarvers from 1475 to 1525 discusses their artistic styles, techniques of carving, and place in society