Albrecht Altdorfer and the Origins of Landscape

Informationen zum Autor Christopher S. Wood is Professor in the Department of History of Art, Yale University. Klappentext In this revealing study, now available in a revised and expanded new edition, Christopher Wood shows how Altdorfer prised landscape out of its subsidiary role as background for narrative history painting and devotional works to give it a new, independent life of its own. "Excellent illustrations . . . [and] detailed exuberant comments leave the reader in no doubt about Altdorfer's brilliance and originality."--Anthony Grafton "New York Review of Books " Zusammenfassung In this revealing study! now available in a revised and expanded new edition! Christopher Wood shows how Altdorfer prised landscape out of its subsidiary role as background for narrative history painting and devotional works to give it a new! independent life of its own.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Wood, Christopher S Wood, Christopher S. Wood, Wood Christopher S.
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2013
• EAN: 9781780230801
• ISBN: 978-1-78023-080-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals, ART / History / General, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, ART / Subjects & Themes / Landscapes & Seascapes, History of Art, Renaissance art, Individual artists, art monographs, Renaissance style, Nature in art