Northern Renaissance Art: Painting, Sculpture, the Graphic Arts from 1350 to 1575

by Snyder, James

• ISBN13: 9780136235965
• ISBN10: 0136235964
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1984-10-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

A survey of the painting, sculpture, and graphic arts of the Renaissance in northern Europe discusses the era's artistic evolution

Table of Contents

The International Style

The Backgrounds

Bohemia

The Valois Courts

The Rhenish-Mosan Crescent

Painting, Graphics, and Sculpture in The Netherlands, Germany, and France From 1425 to 1500

Jan van Eyck

Robert Campin and Rogier van der Weyden

The Northerners

Two Mystics

The Late Gothic Dream

Gardens of Heaven and Hell in the Art of Bosch

Diversity Along the Rhine

The Impact of Netherlandish Art on German Painting of the Later Fifteenth Century

Painting in France During the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century

Graphic Arts Before 1500

Developments in Sculpture in the Fifteenth Century

The Renaissance in Germany, the Netherlands, and France From 1500 to 1575

Albrecht Dürer and the Renaissance in Germany

The Isenheim Altarpiece and Matthias Grünewald

Danube Landscapes and Witches: Albrecht Altdorfer and Hans Baldung Grien

Lucas Cranach the Elder: The Conflicts of Humanism and the Reformation

Hans Holbein the Younger and the Renaissance Portrait

Antwerp: Quentin Metsys, Joachim Patinir, and Joos van Cleve

Two Currents in Later South Netherlandish Painting: The Romanists and the Specialists

Holland: Amsterdam, Delft, and Haarlem

Lucas van Leyden

Jan Van Scorel, Maerten van Heemskerck, and Antonis Mor

The Theatrum orbis terrarum of Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Fontainebleau and the Court Style in France

Notes

Select Bibliography

Maps

Genealogy of the Valois House

Timetable of the Arts, History, and Science 1300-1575

Photographic Credits

Index

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