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| Named Person: | Lucas Cranach; Lucas Cranach; Lucas Cranach, der Ältere. |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Gunnar Heydenreich; Lucas Cranach |
| ISBN: | 9789053567456 9053567453 |
| OCLC Number: | 148675498 |
| Language Note: | In English; appendix 2 in German. |
| Description: | 464 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | I. Cranach's practice of painting in the judgment of history: Sixteenth-century commentators ; seventeenth- to nineteenth-century commentators and biographers ; twentieth-century research and analysis -- II. Panel painting: The wooden support ; Frames ; The preparatory layers: ground, isolation and imprimatur ; Practices of underdrawing ; Applications of gold, silver and paper ; Paint, palette and brushes ; Techniques of painting ; Painting on the reverse side, presentation and transport -- III. Canvas painting: Documentary evidence and surviving canvases ; Subjects and function ; The linen: origin, formats and qualifies ; Preparation of the linen and painting techniques ; Presentation and evaluation -- IV. Painting on other supports: Parchment ; Paper ; Metal ; Mural painting and architectural decoration -- V. Workshop organisation: Contracts, commissions and marketing ; Studios ; Partnership and workshop members ; Artistic co-operation and exchange in panel painting -- VI. Summary: Notes ; Glossary ; Measurement and coinage ; Abbreviations ; Bibliography ; Photographic acknowledgements -- Appendices: 1. Investigated paintings ; 2. Selected primary documents on materials, techniques and workshop organization -- Index. |
| Responsibility: | Gunnar Heydenreich. |
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Abstract:
The first richly illustrated study of the working methods and materials used by one of the most inventive painters of Renaissance Germany
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Statement from Dr. Susan Foister, Director of Collections and Curator of Early Netherlandish, German and British Painting at the National Gallery, London: 'This book is an outstanding contribution to the field of Cranach studies. Gunnar Heydenreich is able to shed new light on a great many tangled art historical issues. But all those with an interest in Renaissance Germany will have much to learn from this extremely important study.' Read more...
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