Hans Holbein the Younger: A Guide to Research (Artist by Erika Michael

during this quincentennial 12 months of Holbein's start, this can be the 1st accomplished annotated bibliography of texts in terms of this significant Northern eu Renaissance artist, with an accompanying historiographic essay on a variety of elements of Holbein's reception.
The first a part of the e-book, 'Some Notes on Reception,' includes overviews of texts approximately particular works corresponding to 'The useless Christ, The Solothurn Madonna, ' and 'The Meyer Madonna.' different issues addressed comprise the notion of Holbein's personality and his position between different Renaissance masters, his paintings as a portraitist, his use of phantasm, authenticity controversies, and a short chronicle of Holbein creditors. formerly unaddressed themes contain Holbein's effect on later artists, and his effect on fiction, together with his effect obvious within the works of writers comparable to Dostoevsky, Henry James and Edith Wharton. This a part of the booklet additionally includes synopses of the main major and up to date Holbein scholarship. those vignettes represent a multi-dimensional method of Holbein reception, sharpened through chosen quotations from his critics.
The moment a part of the booklet is a finished directory of over 2,500 bibliographic citations for works facing Holbein and his oeuvre, every one observed through an annotation outlining the authors' critical contributions. the diversity of fabric coated contains not just books and scholarly journals but additionally newspapers and different well known guides. person sections contain texts facing basic assets, monographs, compendia, and exhibition catalogues. Others are dedicated to texts approximately Holbein's work, drawings and prints, in addition to to iconography, technical reports, patronage, collections, affects on Holbein, and Holbein reception. normal Index. writer Index.