Lucas Cranach - From German Myth to Reformation

A revealing new account of the life and work of this early modern German printmaker.

This captivating biography brings Lucas Cranach the Elder into the spotlight for the twenty-first century. The illuminating narrative unveils an artist whose vision transcended personal brilliance as he sought to elevate a nascent nation and foster a sense of community with his work. Perhaps Cranach's most remarkable achievement lay in forging a robust Lutheran community, endowed with a resounding message of salvation. Using prints (the prevailing medium of mass communication) and multiple versions of paintings, he developed an intricate symbolism that resonated with the populace in early modern Germany. Jennifer Nelson also explores his extensive repertoire of female nudes and shows how these seductive artworks not only tantalized his patrons but constructed for them a deep history of Germany's notional connections with ancient Greece and Rome.

Info autore

Jennifer Nelson is Associate Professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Delaware. Her publications include Disharmony of the Spheres: The Europe of Holbein’s Ambassadors (2019).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jennifer Nelson
• Editore: Reaktion Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 18.03.2024
• EAN: 9781789148480
• ISBN: 978-1-78914-848-0
• Pagine: 216
• Serie: Renaissance Lives
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Albrecht Dürer, Martin Luther, Germany, Katharina von Bora, ART / History / General, Pastoral, ART / European, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, ART / Prints, Maximilian I, History of Art, Junker Jörg, Philipp Melanchthon, Painting & paintings, Prints & printmaking, Renaissance art, Individual artists, art monographs, Renaissance style, Prints and printmaking, Paintings and painting, Rogier van der Weyden, Adam and Eve, Eucharist, Aldine press; Anabaptists; Conrad Celtis; Albrecht Dürer; Eucharist; Friedrich III of Saxony; pastoral; Johann Friedrich of Saxony; Katharina von Bora; Rogier van der Weyden; Martin Luther; Philipp Melanchthon; Maximilian I; Junker Jörg; Lorenzo di , anabaptists, Wittenberg Reformers, Johann Friedrich of Saxony, Friedrich III of Saxony, Conrad Celtis, Nymph of the Fountain, Venus and Cupid, Lorenzo di Credi, Law and Grace