The limewood sculptors of Renaissance Germany / Michael Baxandall
2004, 6th Edition. New Haven: Yale University Press. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #334053
ISBN: 0300028296
Physical description: xx, 420 pages: illustrations (some color); 28 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-244) and index. Contents: Upper Germany -- Limewood sculptors -- Limewood -- Chiromancy and the grand form -- Middle forms and surfaces -- Image -- Winged retable -- Iconoclasm -- Secular satisfactions -- Custom -- Conditions of trade -- Guild strategy -- Monopoly and monopolistic competition -- Individual style -- Gregor Erhart and Augsburg -- Welsch and the Deutsch -- Shapes -- Persons -- Michel Erhart of Ulm -- Tilman Riemenschneider of Wü rzburg -- Veit Stoss of Nuremberg -- Hans Leinberger of Landshut. Subjects: Wood sculpture, Renaissance Germany. Wood sculpture, German. Sculpture, German. Sculpture, Renaissance Germany. Wood-carving, Renaissance Germany. Art, 16th century – Germany. Germany - Post-medieval - Art - 16th century. Sculpture, German 15th century. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated.
Price: €75.00