Northern Renaissance Art: Painting, Sculpture, the Graphic Arts from 1350 to 1575, 2nd Edition

by James Snyder, Larry Silver, Henry Luttikhuizen

The only comprehensive volume available for the study of Northern Renaissance Art, this paperback presents stylistic and iconographical themes, art historical scholarship, and valuable analyses for today's learners. Its coverage and color capture the authors' lasting excitement for the period and its artists. A three-part organization covers international currents in the Fourteen Century, Fifteenth-Century Innovations, and Renaissance and Reformation in the Sixteenth Century. For a complete understanding of Northern Renaissance Art&;its geography, patronage, and audience expectations.

Genres: Art, Art History, History, Renaissance, Nonfiction, Textbooks, College

578 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

Reviews

[Mieczyslaw Kasprzyk · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a superb book about a fascinating period in the history of Art. The Northern Renaissance is fascinating because it is, in a sense, more "human". The Italian Renaissance is intellectual and glows with the warmth of the Mediterranean sun and the Classical World. North European Art captures the cold and the damp and the pity that is humanity. I love the work of these artists - they speak to me across the years.

[Ang · Rating 3 out of 5]

Summary: Snyder's classic survey provides an authoritative and absorbing assessment of Northern achievements, ranging from Bohemian court art under Charles IV in Prague in the 1350s to the open sale of pictures as commodities on Antwerp's art market in the 1560s. In rich detail and with utter clarity, this book tells the stories of the artists and the patrons who created this extraordinary flowering of art. Now sumptuously illustrated in full color throughout, this new second edition has been carefully revised and updated by Larry Silver, Professor of Art History at University of Pennsylvania and Henry Luttikhuizen, Professor of Art History at Calvin College. Highlights of this second edition include a reorganization of the chapters around centers of production, expanded coverage of the sixteenth century, including the addition of more sculpture and tapestries, and a stronger focus on the careers of major artists. Silver and Luttikhuizen have placed greater emphasis on the reception of Northern Renaissance Art and consequently the new edition features a much stronger consideration of social function and cultural context. Almost 680 illustrations, more than 250 in full color, are each keyed to the text, providing superb visual documentation. The book also includes notes to the text, maps, a timetable of the major artistic, political, religious, and scientific achievements of the period, a genealogy of the house of Valois, and a freshly updated bibliography.

[Allison · Rating 2 out of 5]

-poor sentence structure
-poor spelling (polyptych vs. polytych)
-facts? incorrect images
-strong discussion of works outside of book
-grayscale vs. color: 2005, but 1/3-1/2 of images are grayscale--author then describes colors. wtf?
-poor organization/layout

Otherwise, I suppose I did learn a fair amount about Northern Renaissance art. The book is just crap outside of the straight (and correct) information like symbolism and actual history.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is one of my old text books, and it is a good interductory book with lots of images.

I am re-reading it as a refresher, and I find it a bit dry, lots of discussion of style and attribution based on connoisseurship and not much attention paid to function.

[Ed Heinzelman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an easy to read and pretty comprehensive book on Northern Renaissance Art. Great reproductions of the paintings discussed as well. Probably not for the casual reader though because of the level of detail.

[Kristen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fabulous. Gets you to step away from the typical italian renaissance focus

[Dottie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Probably my favourite topic of Art History - and the only one I would consider doing my masters in. Such a lovely book

[Tonya Hardin · Rating 3 out of 5]

valuable information and well detailed.

[Sam Shingleton · Rating 5 out of 5]

While taking an art course at Christie's London, I read this book. I loved the simple approach.

[Tammi Owens]

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