Painting on Light: Drawings and Stained Glass in the Age of Dürer and Holbein - Hardcover

Butts, Barbara; Hendrix, Lee

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0892365781 ISBN 13: 9780892365784

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2000

Synopsis

The names Albrecht Dürer and Hans Holbein the Younger evoke the dazzling accomplishments of Renaissance panel painting and printmaking, but they may not summon images of stained glass. Nevertheless, Dürer, Holbein, and their southern German and Swiss contemporaries designed some of the most splendid works in the history of the medium. This lavish volume is a comprehensive survey of the contribution to stained glass made by these extraordinarily gifted artists and the equally talented glass painters who rendered their compositions in glass.

Included are discussions of both monumental church windows and smaller-scale stained-glass panels made for cloisters, civic buildings, residences, and private chapels. The subjects of these rarely seen drawings and panels range from religious topics to secular themes, including love, planets, hunts, and battles.

Focusing on stained glass produced in Germany and Switzerland from about 1495 to 1530, Painting on Light includes drawings by Dürer, Holbein, Albrecht Altdorfer, Hans Baldung Grien, Jörg Breu the Elder, Hans Burgkmair, Urs Graf, Hans von Kulmbach, Hans Leu the Younger, Niklaus Manuel Deutsch, Hans Schäufelein, Hans Weiditz, and others. This informative book is published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Getty Museum from July 11 through September 24, 2000, and from November 7, 2000, to January 4, 2001, at the Saint Louis Art Museum.

About this title

About the Author:

Barbara Butts was curator of prints, drawings, and photographs at the Saint Louis Art Museum. Lee Hendrix is curator of drawings at the Getty Museum.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0892365781
• ISBN 13: 9780892365784
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 344