In the history of artistic exchange between northern and southern Europe, Jan Gossart occupies a singular place. The first Netherlandish artist known to have drawn the antiquities of Rome, Gossart has [...] Read More
16th Century
Flemish and Dutch Artists in Early Modern England: Collaboration and Competition, 1460-1680
In 1517, upon the death of Bernard Flower, the first Netherlandish glazier to serve at the English court as the King’s Glazier, Henry VIII chose the Antwerp-trained Galyon Hone as Flower’s successor. [...] Read More
Die Planeten und ihre Kinder. Eine Brüsseler Tapisserienserie des 16. Jahrhunderts aus der Sammlung Herzog Albrechts V. in München (Studies in Western Tapestry, 3)
Almost as soon as he succeeded his father, William IV (1493-1550), Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria (1528-79), cousin and in-law of the Habsburgs, transformed the Munich court into a center of patronage and [...] Read More
The City Rehearsed: Object, Architecture, and Print in the Worlds of Hans Vredeman de Vries (The Classical Tradition in Architecture)
The Dutchman Hans Vredeman de Vries (1526-1609) is generally acknowledged as the ‘father of architectural painting’ or the progenitor of the art of perspective, a designer who utilized the tradition [...] Read More
Cranach und die Kunst der Renaissance unter den Hohenzollern. Kirche, Hof und Stadtkultur
This impressive book breaks much new ground in the art and architectural history of Renaissance Berlin-Brandenburg. The Hohenzollern electors' territorial expansion, religious choices, and dynastic [...] Read More
Daniel Hopfer. Ein Augsburger Meister der Renaissance
The exhibition at the Graphische Sammlung, Munich, dedicated to Augsburg printmaker Daniel Hopfer (c.1470-1536) reveals the field's fresh appreciation for artists formerly perceived as 'derivative,' [...] Read More