CHIAROSCURO: Renaissance Woodcuts from the Collections of Geoge Baselitz and the Alberina, Vienna

Achim Gann, with David Ekserdjian and Michael Foster

ISBN 10: 1907533648 / ISBN 13: 9781907533648

Published by Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2014

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This new, unmarked and seemingly unread copy is bound in illustrated card covers as issued. The text block is tight white, bright and square. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. This exhibition was well put together and the book does an excellent job of representing the images on display. The plates are in the main large and provide the level of detail that needs to be there. The supporting text is clear and concise giving a real feel for what the artists were trying to achieve. The chiaroscuro woodcut was developed in Germany in the early 16th century. By printing from one or more colour blocks in addition to the customary line block, artists found that they could create a dramatic interplay of light and shade - chiaroscuro, the word that came to define the genre. They used its painterly qualities to create both independent works of art and reproductions of drawings and paintings by others. This handsome publication brings together more than 130 chairoscuro woodcuts from Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, documenting the fascinating history of the technique during its golden age. It is lavishly illustrated with some of the rarest and finest woodcuts from the collections of the painter Georg Baselitz and the Albertina museum of prints and drawings in Vienna, including masterpieces by such well-known artists as Lucas Cranach the Elder and the undisputed Italian master of the genre Ugo da Carpi. Ref TT 1. Seller Inventory # 029869

Bibliographic Details

Title: CHIAROSCURO: Renaissance Woodcuts from the ...

Publisher: Royal Academy of Arts, London

Publication Date: 2014

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

Chiaroscuro renaissance woodcuts from the collections of Georg baselitz and the albertina, Vienna. Royal academy of arts. 2014

About the Author:

Achim Gnann is curator of 14th- to 19th-century Italian art at the Albertina Museum, Vienna. Georg Baselitz (b. 1938) is one of Germany's most distinguished artists. David Ekserdjian is professor of history of art and film at the University of Leicester, England.