Adam Elsheimer: 1578-1610

Rüdiger Klessmann (Editor); Emilie Gordenker; Christian Tico Seifert

ISBN 10: 1903470471 / ISBN 13: 9781903470473

Published by Paul Holberton Publishing, 2006

About this Item

The definitive monograph and exhibition catalogue for Adam Elsheimer (1578?1610), the influential German Baroque painter who spent most of his short life in Rome.

Published to accompany the major retrospective at the Städel Museum (Frankfurt), the National Gallery of Scotland, and Dulwich Picture Gallery, this volume is edited by Rüdiger Klessmann, the world?s leading authority on the artist. It offers a complete survey of Elsheimer's surviving oeuvre, famous for his minute "cabinet paintings" on copper that blended Northern attention to detail with Roman grandeur.

Key Features:

The "Nocturnes": Detailed analysis of Elsheimer's pioneering use of night lighting and chiaroscuro (most notably in The Flight into Egypt), which profoundly influenced Rubens and Rembrandt.

Copper Paintings: High-quality color plates that capture the luminous, enamel-like finish of his works on copper.

Biography: Includes new research on his tragic death and his connections within the Roman art world.

Physical Description: Quarto. 246 pages. Profusely illustrated in color.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1770223209073

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Adam Elsheimer: 1578-1610
• Publisher: Paul Holberton Publishing
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1903470471
• ISBN 13: 9781903470473
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 2.29W x 20.96H x 20.96D centimeters 2.29 centimeters width by 20.96 centimeters height by 20.96 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1769 grams

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Synopsis

Adam Elsheimer is first recorded in 1600 and by 1610 he was dead. But, rather like Giorgione, who had died young in Venice 100 years earlier, Elsheimer was influential on the coming century to a degree out of all proportion to his brief career and small oeuvre. He developed a wonderful mastery of light, a dramatic chiaroscuro that gave new depth to his subject-matter, and a rather less definable poetic feeling that gives a very special savor to all his painting. “What is remarkable about this volume is the number of quality reproductions of the artist's work that can be seen together for the first time. This collection of paintings demonstrates more comprehensively than ever before Elsheimer's extraordinary intuition for light and atmosphere” (Antiques Magazine).

About the Author

Michael Maek-Gérard is a curator at the Städelsches Institute in Fruankfurt. Other contributors include Emily Gordenker, Rüdiger Klessmann, and Christian Tico Seifert.