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[Nils Büttner] ✓ Hieronymus Bosch: Visions and Nightmares (Renaissance Lives) ä Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Hieronymus Bosch: Visions and Nightmares (Renaissance Lives) In this book, Nils Büttner draws on a wealth of historical documents—not to mention Bosch’s paintings—to offer a fresh and insightful look at one of history’s most peculiar artists on the five-hundredth anniversary of his death. The creator of expansive tableaus of fantastic and hellish scenes—where any devil not dancing is too busy eating human souls—he has been as equally misunderstood by history as his paintings have. Analyzing his life and paintings a
| Title | : | Hieronymus Bosch: Visions and Nightmares (Renaissance Lives) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.52 (669 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1780235798 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-03 |
| Language | : | English |
Highly recommended! This is a terrific book -- well informed, level-headed, and succinct, while also powerfully conveying the excitement and innovation of Bosch. It's the perfect guide through the thicket of 500th anniversary publications. Buttner is especially good at setting Bosch in context -- both theological and the world of collectors in royal
In this book, Nils Büttner draws on a wealth of historical documents—not to mention Bosch’s paintings—to offer a fresh and insightful look at one of history’s most peculiar artists on the five-hundredth anniversary of his death. The creator of expansive tableaus of fantastic and hellish scenes—where any devil not dancing is too busy eating human souls—he has been as equally misunderstood by history as his paintings have. Analyzing his life and paintings against the backdrop of contemporary Dutch culture and society, Büttner offers one of the clearest biographical sketches to date alongside beautiful reproductions of some of Bosch’s most important work. As Büttner shows, Bosch was—if anything—a hardworking painter, commissioned by aristocrats and courtesans, as all painters of his time were. The result is a
He is the author of Landscape Painting, The History of Gardens in Painting, and Otto Dix and New Objectivity. Anthony Mathews is an associate lecturer at the Open University. . Nils Büttner is professor of art history at the State Academy of Art and Design in Stuttgart, Germany
Anthony Mathews is an associate lecturer at the Open University. . He is the author of Landscape Painting, The History of Gardens in Painting, and Otto Dix and New Objectivity. About the AuthorNils Büttner is professor of art history at the State Academy of Art and Design in Stuttgart, Germany
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