The limewood sculptors of Renaissance Germany
1980, First Edition. New Haven : Yale University Press. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Prelims and edges lightly foxed. Remains well-preserved overall; internally strong and clean. Item #476337
ISBN: 0300024231
Physical description; xx, 420 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-244) and index. Contents; Upper Germany – Limewood sculptors – Limewood – Chiromancy and the grand form – Middle forms and surfaces – Image – Winged retable – Iconoclasm – Secular satisfactions – Custom – Conditions of trade – Guild strategy – Monopoly and monopolistic competition – Individual style – Gregor Erhart and Augsburg – Welsch and the Deutsch – Shapes – Persons – Michel Erhart of Ulm – Tilman Riemenschneider of Würzburg – Veit Stoss of Nuremberg – Hans Leinberger of Landshut. Subjects; Wood sculpture, Renaissance – Germany. Wood sculpture, German – 15th-16th centuries. Sculpture, German – 15th-16th centuries. Limewood – Germany. Altarpieces – Germany.
Price: €85.00