
Strange Beauty
German Paintings at the National Gallery
Caroline Bugler(Author)
National Gallery Company Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 11. February 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-1-85709-570-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book of highlights from the National Gallery's collection of German art presents masterpieces by some of the world's favourite Renaissance artists - Hans Holbein, Albrecht Durer, Lucas Cranach and Adam Elsheimer - as well as wonderful paintings by later generations of artists including Caspar David Friedrich and Adolph Menzel. Spanning a wide variety of styles, their works share an extraordinary originality, inventiveness and technical mastery. Sitting at the heart of Europe, Germany has always been a melting pot for ideas from surrounding countries - the Netherlands, France, Italy, Bohemia, Poland and England. While individual cities developed into regional centres with their own artistic specialities, German painters also travelled widely. The disparate influences they absorbed fed into images that were sometimes classically beautiful, sometimes astonishingly realistic and sometimes disturbingly dark. The paintings on these pages range from devotional works and allegories to minutely observed studies of nature and characterful portraits, including Holbein's imposing and amazingly lifelike portrayal of two close friends, The Ambassadors.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
With flaps
Illustrations
70 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 191 mm
Width: 171 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85709-570-8 (9781857095708)
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Person
Caroline Bugler writes articles, reviews and books, including Art in Focus: Vienna (Studio Editions), and The Cat in Art (Merrell). The Bird in Art (Merrell) was published in 2012.