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The King's Painter - The Life and Times of Hans Holbein (Paperback) Loot Price: R312
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The King's Painter - The Life and Times of Hans Holbein (Paperback): Franny Moyle

The King's Painter - The Life and Times of Hans Holbein (Paperback)

Franny Moyle

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A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'A great, thrusting codpiece of a book. It is big, bombastic and richly brocaded... A jewel in its own right' The Times 'Evokes the painter and his world as vividly as a Holbein masterpiece. Beautifully written and illustrated, this book is a must for lovers of Tudor history' Tracy Borman Full of insight... This is a gorgeous book, to which I am sure I shall return again and again' Dan Jones Hans Holbein the Younger is chiefly celebrated for his beautiful and precisely realised portraiture, which includes representations of Henry VIII, Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, Anne of Cleves, Jane Seymour and an array of the Tudor lords and ladies he encountered during the course of two sojourns in England. But beyond these familiar images, which have come to define our perception of the world of the Henrician court, Holbein was a protean and multi-faceted genius: a humanist, satirist, political propagandist, and contributor to the history of book design as well as a religious artist and court painter. The rich layers of symbolism and allusion that characterise his work have proved especially fascinating to scholars. Franny Moyle traces and analyses the life and work of an extraordinary artist against the backdrop of an era of political turbulence and cultural transformation, to which his art offers a subtle and endlessly refracting mirror.

General

Imprint: Apollo
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: February 2022
Authors: Franny Moyle
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - B-format
Pages: 576
ISBN-13: 978-1-78854-122-0
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre
Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1400 to 1600 > Renaissance art > General
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre
Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
LSN: 1-78854-122-7
Barcode: 9781788541220

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