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245 00$aRenaissance & Reformation :$bGerman art in the age of Dürer and Cranach.
246 3 $aRenaissance and Reformation.
246 30$aGerman art in the age of Dürer and Cranach.
260 $aLos Angeles, California :$bLos Angeles County Museum of Art ;$aBerlin :$aDresden :$aMunich :$bStaatliche Museen zu Berlin--Preussischer Kulturbesitz ;$aMunich :$c[2016].$bStaatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden ;$bBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen München ;$bPrestel Verlag, Munich,
300 $a239 p. :$bill. (chiefly color), portraits ;$c30 cm.
500 $a"A cooperation of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, and the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen München.".
500 $aPublished in conjunction with the exhibition "Renaissance and Reformation: German Art in the Age of Dürer and Cranach" held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, November 20, 2016-March 26, 2017.
500 $aEssays by Michael Eissenhauer, Dirk Syndram, Bernhard Maaz, Jeffrey Chipps Smith, and Julien Chapuis.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 227-233) and index of names.
505 0 $aDirectors' forewords / Michael Govan ... [et al.] -- Essays. The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin : one museum, many sites, one mission / Michael Eissenhauer. The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden : from electoral art chamber to universal museum / Dirk Syndram. The Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen München : half a millenium of painting / Bernhard Maaz. German art in the sixteenth century : an introduction / Jeffrey Chipps Smith -- Catalogue. Traditional imagery and devotion ; Reformation and polemics ; Court and culture ; Humanism and reality ; Portraiture and status -- Appendix. Artists' biographies ; Glossary of the Reformation.
520 8 $aFeaturing more than a hundred outstanding paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, and treasures of the Age of the Reformation, this publication comprises masterpieces by Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach the Elder and Lucas Cranach the Younger, Hans Holbein the Elder and Hans Holbein the Younger, Matthias Grünewald, and Tilman Riemenschneider, among others. By placing these works in their historical context, this beautifully illustrated book uses art as a prism throughwhich to consider the religious, social and political upheavals of the time. The volume includes insightful texts that discuss pivotal subjects such as traditional imagery and devotion, Reformation and polemics, court life and culture, humanism and reality, as well as portraiture and representation. Biographies of the artists, an extensive bibliography and a glossary of central terms concerning the German Reformation make this a comprehensive study of a fascinating period inEuropean art history.
546 $aIn English; includes translations from the German.
650 0$aArt, German$y15th century$vExhibitions.
650 0$aArt, German$y16th century$vExhibitions.
650 0$aArt, Renaissance$zGermany$vExhibitions.
650 0$aReformation$zGermany$xInfluence$vExhibitions.
700 1 $aEissenhauer, Michael,$ewriter of added commentary.
700 1 $aSyndram, Dirk,$ewriter of added commentary.
700 1 $aMaaz, Bernhard,$ewriter of added commentary.
700 1 $aSmith, Jeffrey Chipps,$d1951-$ewriter of added commentary.
700 1 $aChapuis, Julien,$ewriter of added commentary.
710 2 $aStaatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden,$ehost institution.
710 2 $aBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen,$ehost institution.
710 2 $aLos Angeles County Museum of Art,$ehost institution.
710 2 $aStaatliche Museen zu Berlin--Preussischer Kulturbesitz,$ehost institution.