Product Description

Focusing on the outstanding sixteenth-century European paintings in the National Gallery, London, Durer to Veronese examines the finest works of such artists as Holbein, Raphael, Cranach, Titian and Bronzino. The authors look closely at a variety of types of painting as well as frescoes, drawings and prints. They provide fascinating insights into the meanings of individual pictures and the social position of the artist in the 1500s as well as the most up-to-date account yet of the procedures, practices and materials these artists employed.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #115824 in Books
• Published on: 2002-06-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 329 pages

About the Author
Jill Dunkerton is restorer in the Conservation Department; Susan Foister is curator of Early Netherlandish, German, and British Painting; and Nicholas Penny is keeper and Clore Curator of Renaissance Art, all at the National Gallery, London.

Customer Reviews

A Necessary Volume
This is a very interesting book. On the outside, it looks boring but on the inside it is the very opposite. This is the second book in a series by Dunkerton et al, for the National Gallery, London. Here, artists and works spanning the era between Durer and Veronese are explored in great depth. Most of the works come from the National Gallery, and are very well illustrated. The book is split into sections including general areas like "Private Devotion". Within each there are sub-sections which deal with different aspects of these areas. Apart from looking at the works of art in terms of function and composition, they are also examined in terms of scientific reseach, and the most invaluable aspect of this book is its areas explaining both the making of paintings, including different media, and the methods and technologies used to help restore and conserve them. This book breaks the time period up into themes, and de-mystifies the terms and language used by art historians and restorers. When you have completed reading it, you actually feel less ignorant than before. Fantastic.

A Necessary Volume
This is a very interesting book. On the outside, it looks boring but on the inside it is the very opposite. This is the second book in a series by Dunkerton et al, for the National Gallery, London. Here, artists and works spanning the era between Durer and Veronese are explored in great depth. Most of the works come from the National Gallery, and are very well illustrated. The book is split into sections including general areas like "Private Devotion". Within each there are sub-sections which deal with different aspects of these areas. Apart from looking at the works of art in terms of function and composition, they are also examined in terms of scientific reseach, and the most invaluable aspect of this book is its areas explaining both the making of paintings, including different media, and the methods and technologies used to help restore and conserve them. This book breaks the time period up into themes, and de-mystifies the terms and language used by art historians and restorers. When you have completed reading it, you actually feel less ignorant than before. Fantastic.