Hans Holbein
Revised and Expanded Second Edition
Oskar Bätschmann, Pascal GrienerHans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543) was one of the most versatile and admired painters of the Northern Renaissance. Examining various aspects of his remarkable career, this book considers the artistic and cultural influences that affected Holbein and of his friendships with leading humanists such as Erasmus and Sir Thomas More.
This acclaimed, richly illustrated book by Oskar Bätschmann and Pascal Griener – now available in a revised and expanded Second Edition – is a major advance in our understanding of Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8–1543), one of the most admired painters of the Northern Renaissance. The authors re-examine every aspect of Holbein's remarkable career, in which they take full account of the artistic and cultural influences that affected the artist, such as his friendships with leading humanists Erasmus and Sir Thomas More, and cast fresh light on many hitherto vexing questions.
Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543) was one of the most versatile and admired painters of the Northern Renaissance. Examining various aspects of his remarkable career, this book considers the artistic and cultural influences that affected Holbein and of his friendships with leading humanists such as Erasmus and Sir Thomas More.
This acclaimed, richly illustrated book by Oskar Bätschmann and Pascal Griener – now available in a revised and expanded Second Edition – is a major advance in our understanding of Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8–1543), one of the most admired painters of the Northern Renaissance. The authors re-examine every aspect of Holbein's remarkable career, in which they take full account of the artistic and cultural influences that affected the artist, such as his friendships with leading humanists Erasmus and Sir Thomas More, and cast fresh light on many hitherto vexing questions.
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Oskar Bätschmann and Pascal Grieners Hans Holbein . . . is a major contribution to the understanding of 16th-century humanist art.
'The Independent on Sunday
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The authors reveal a real sympathy for, an understanding of, the mixed character of Holbeins work . . . The book is extremely well illustrated and has very good colour plates . . . With much that is fresh and rewarding, this is one of the most welcome of the books published in celebration of the 500th anniversary of Holbeins birth.
'The Times Literary Supplement
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The authors successfully interweave Holbeins versatility, his artistic creativity and the recognition he was afforded by his contemporaries.
'The Times Higher Education Supplement
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Like only a few other painters in history, Holbein made the human likeness seem to erase the distance between his time and ours . . . This readable scholarly book not only situates Holbein carefully in his own time but teaches us how to read his paintings and prints in depth.
'Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle
Chronology
Preface
Introduction to the Revised Second Edition: Holbein the Younger’s Patrons and Networks
Artistic Competition and Self-definition
Figure and Movement, Invention and Narration
Monumental Decorative Works
Religious Works: The Making of Erasmian Art
Italian and Northern Art
The Portrait, Time and Death
Holbein’s Fame
Appendix
References
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photographic Acknowledgements
Index
Oskar Bätschmann (Author)
Oskar Bätschmann is Professor Emeritus of Early Modern Art History at the University of Bern. His books include Hans Holbein (Reaktion Books, 1997, Revised and Expanded Second Edition 2013) and Giovanni Bellini (Reaktion Books, 2007).
Pascal Griener (Author)
Pascal Griener is a Professor at the Institute of Art History, Neuchatel, Switzerland.
