Main entry:

Snyder, James, 1928-1990.

Title & Author:

Northern Renaissance Art : Painting, Sculpture, the Graphic Arts from 1350 to 1575 / James Snyder.

Publication:

New York : Harry N. Abrams, [1985]
©1985

Description:

559 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 534-537) and index.
[Table of Contents] -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Maps -- PART ONE: THE INTERNATIONAL STYLE -- I. The Backgrounds -- II. Bohemia -- III. The Valois Courts -- Charles V And Paris -- John Of Berry -- Philip the Bold Of Burgundy -- IV. The Rhenish-Mosan Crescent -- PART TWO: PAINTING, GRAPHICS, AND SCULPTURE IN THE NETHERLANDS, GERMANY, AND FRANCE FROM 1425 TO 1500 -- V. Jan van Eyck -- VI. Robert Campin and Rogier van der Weyden -- VII. The Northerners -- VIII. Two Mystics -- IX. The Late Gothic Dream -- X. Gardens of Heaven and Hell in the Art of Bosch -- XI. Diversity Along the Rhine -- XII. The Impact of Netherlandish Art on German Painting of the Later Fifteenth Century -- XIII. Painting in France During the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century -- XIV. Graphic Arts Before 1500 -- XV. Developments in Sculpture in the Fifteenth Century -- PART THREE: THE RENAISSANCE IN GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS, AND FRANCE FROM 1500 T0 1575 -- XVI. Albrecht Dürer and the Renaissance in Germany -- XVII. The Isenheim Altarpiece and Matthias Grünewald -- XVIII. Danube Landscapes and Witches: Albrecht Altdorfer and Hans Baldung Grien -- XIX. Lucas Cranach the Elder: The Conflicts of Humanism and the Reformation -- XX. Hans Holbein the Younger and the Renaissance Portrait -- XXI. Antwerp: Quentin Metsys, Joachim Patinir, and Joos van Cleve -- XXII. Two Currents in Later South Netherlandish Painting: The "Romanists" and the "Specialists" -- XXIII. Holland: Amsterdam, Delft, and Haarlem -- XXIV. Lucas van Leyden -- XXV. Jan van Scorel, Maerten van Heemskerck, and Antonis Mor -- XXVI. The Theatrum orbis terrarum of Pieter Bruegel the Elder -- XXVII. Fontainebleau and the Court Style in France -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Genealogy of the House of Valois -- Timetable of the Arts, History, and Science 1300-1575 -- Index -- Photographic Credits.

Summary:

"The Northern Renaissance, one of the most glorious periods in Western civilization, boasts such geniuses as Bosch, Dürer, Van Eyck, Holbein, Bruegel, and Cranach, to name only a few. The painting, sculpture, and graphic works of these artists are fundamental to the understanding and development of Western art from 1350 to the present day. James Snyder provides an absorbing assessment of Northern achievements - ranging from Bohemian court art under Charles V in Prague in the 1350s to the royal patronage of Francis I at Fontainebleau in the 1550s. He does full justice to the magnificence of the works while putting them into the context of their times. He elucidates broad issues, such as the significance of geography in explaining the cross-fertilization of ideas from one area to another; the rise in the economy, which brought with it the creation of new markets and new kinds of patrons; the impact of Italy on Northern artists as they increasingly traveled south, interpreting and adopting themes and compositional devices; and the development of regional schools in the Netherlands. In rich detail but with utter clarity, Snyder explains major economic, social, and religious developments, tells the stories of the artists and the patrons who created this extraordinary flowering of art, and analyzes the works of art themselves. His effortless style and depth of knowledge make this book unique in its field. Almost 700 illustrations, more than 80 in full color, are each keyed to the text, providing superb visual documentation. The volume also includes notes to the text, maps, a timetable of the major artistic, political, religious, and scientific achievements of the period, a genealogy of the house of Valois, a bibliography, and a full index." -- Dust Jacket.

ISBN:

0136235964
9780136235965
0810910810
9780810910812

Subject:

Art, Renaissance Europe, Northern.
Art Europe, Northern.
Art de la Renaissance Europe du Nord.
Art Europe du Nord.
Art de la Renaissance Europe septentrionale.
Art Europe septentrionale.
Art
Art, Renaissance
Schilderkunst.
Plastische kunst.
Grafische kunst.
Renaissance.
Art, European Europe, Northern.
Northern Europe

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 104309
Call No.: ID:85-B16389
Status: Available