Presenting for the first time complementary holdings from the internationally renowned drawing collections of the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, and the Kupferstichkabinett, Basel, this volume is a singular overview of drawings from the beginnings of the German Renaissance to the mid-sixteenth century.This survey presents twenty-five artists altogether, each represented by descriptive analysis and color reproductions of their work, in addition to detailed essays about the history of the Basel and Berlin collections, an outline of the history of master drawings from the German Renaissance, and a selected bibliography.
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This is the English version of the German volume published in conjunction with an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, October 1999-January 2000, presenting early German and Swiss drawings from the internationally renowned print collections of the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, and the Kupferstichkabinett, Basel. Albrecht Dnrer, Hans Holbein the Younger, and Matthias Grnnewald are represented, along with 22 other artists, each with descriptive analysis and reproductions of their work. Also included are essays about the history of the Basel and Berlin collections and an outline of the history of master drawings from the German Renaissance. Of the 273 illustrations, 182 are in color. The volume is oversize: 9.5x11.25
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