Holbein : capturing character / edited by Anne T. Woollett ; contributions by Austeja Mackelaite and John T. McQuillen ; with Ulrich Hans Birkmaier, Peter van der Coelen, and John Oliver Hand.
Publisher:
J. Paul Getty Museum,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
xi, 179 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
The Pictorial Eloquence of Hans Holbein the Younger / Anne T. Woollett -- Erasmus, Man of Images / Peter van der Coelen -- Hans Holbein the Younger as Portrait Draftsman / Austeja Mackelaite -- Holbein, Humanism, and the Book / John T. McQuillen -- Littera scripta manet: Holbein the Calligrapher and His Inscriptions / John O. Hand -- Hans Holbein's Enigmatic Allegory of Passion in Focus: Notes on Materials and Technique / Ulrich Hans Birkmaier -- Catalogue.
Summary:
"This publication was prepared to accompany the exhibition Holbein: Capturing Character, scheduled to open at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, in 2021, and at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, in 2022. The catalogue explores Hans Holbein's approach to portraiture and self-identity in the Renaissance"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.