Holbein Hardcover

Religion, Renaissance, and Reformation-these three ideologies shaped the world of 16th-century portraitist Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98-1543), a pivotal figure of the Northern Renaissance, whose skills took him to Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, and England, and garnered patrons and subjects as prestigious as Henry VIII, Thomas More, Anne of Cleves, and Reformation advocate Thomas Cromwell.

This book brings together key Holbein paintings to explore his illustrious and international career as well as the courtly drama and radical religious change that informed his work. With rich illustration, we survey the masterful draftsmanship and almost supernatural ability to control details, from the textures of luxurious clothing to the ornament of a room, that secured Holbein's place as one of the greatest portraitists in Western art history.

• Format Hardback | 96 pages
• Dimensions 210 x 260 x 12.7mm | 570g
• Publication date 20 Jun 2017
• Publisher Taschen GmbH
• Publication City/Country Cologne, Germany
• Language English
• ISBN10 383656372X
• ISBN13 9783836563727