Paintings by Renaissance masters Lucas Cranach the Elder, Albrecht D???rer, and Hans Holbein the Younger are among the works featured in this lavish volume, the first to comprehensively study the largest collection of early German paintings in America. These works, created in the 14th through 16th centuries in the region that comprises present-day Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, include religious images-such as Virgin and Child with Saint Anne by D???rer and the double-sided altarpiece The Dormition of the Virgin by Hans ...
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Paintings by Renaissance masters Lucas Cranach the Elder, Albrecht D???rer, and Hans Holbein the Younger are among the works featured in this lavish volume, the first to comprehensively study the largest collection of early German paintings in America. These works, created in the 14th through 16th centuries in the region that comprises present-day Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, include religious images-such as Virgin and Child with Saint Anne by D???rer and the double-sided altarpiece The Dormition of the Virgin by Hans Sch???ufelein-as well as remarkable portraits by Holbein and the iconic Judgment of Paris by Cranach. In all, more than 70 works are thoroughly discussed and analyzed, making this volume an incomparable resource for the study of this rich artistic period. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Oversized.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 11x9x1; Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013; stated First Printing, no additional printings indicated. VG hardcover and dust jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; olive cloth boards in VG condition, corners sharp, stamped gilt titling remains bright and bold; photos, illustrations and text also very good. Very minor wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Not available for domestic priority/expedited shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Book. Quarto, 376 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good minus dust jacket. Black spine with yellow text. Dust jacket has mild edge and shelf wear. Boards have slight cocking to spine. Textblock clean. Shelved Room A. 1380415. Special Collections.
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VG / VG. Color illus. dj.; Green cloth over boards; Color illus. endpapers; 384 pp.; 315 color plates and figures. A wonderful guide to the collection of German paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Includes two essays, "Collecting Early German Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art" by Maryan W. Ainsworth and "Technical Observations of the Early German Paintings Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art" by Karen E. Thomas; Also includes two appendices, "Changes in the Collection since 1995" and "Supplementary Technical Information; 63 works illustrated and annotated; Heavy.
