Messling, Guido
Cranach: The Early Years in Vienna
- ISBN 13:
- 9783777439266
- author:
- Messling, Guido
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Hirmer Verlag
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Pages:
- 160
- Dimensions:
- 25.8 x 20.4 x 1.8 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Arts & Photography, Art, Individual Artist,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Lucas Cranach the Elder's Early Years in Vienna offers a unique insight into the artist's formative period. Produced around 1500, these paintings, drawings, and woodcuts showcase the thirty-year-old's expressive style, which would later be refined as court painter to the Elector of Saxony. This publication presents Cranach's work from his time in Vienna, highlighting his connections with humanist circles and his role as a precursor to the Danube School. The book provides a fascinating glimpse into the artist's development and his place within the cultural landscape of 16th-century Europe. With 163 pages of high-quality reproductions, this catalogue presents a significant body of work that sheds new light on Cranach's early career.