The King's Painter: The Life and Times of Hans Holbein by Franny Moyle (Hardcover, 2021)
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Author : Moyle, Franny. Genre : Early modern history: c 1450. Used - Good: All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting.
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The first illustrated biography of Hans Holbein, the painter who depicted some of the most powerful people of the early sixteenth century, in three decades. A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'A great, thrusting codpiece of a book. It is big, bombastic and richly brocaded ... A jewel in its own right' The Times 'Evokes the painter and his world as vividly as a Holbein masterpiece. Beautifully written and illustrated, this book is a must for lovers of Tudor history' Tracy Borman Full of insight ... This is a gorgeous book, to which I am sure I shall return again and again' Dan Jones Hans Holbein the Younger is chiefly celebrated for his beautiful and precisely realised portraiture, which includes representations of Henry VIII, Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, Anne of Cleves, Jane Seymour and an array of the Tudor lords and ladies he encountered during the course of two sojourns in England. But beyond these familiar images, which have come to define our perception of the world of the Henrician court, Holbein was a protean and multi-faceted genius: a humanist, satirist, political propagandist, and contributor to the history of book design as well as a religious artist and court painter. The rich layers of symbolism and allusion that characterise his work have proved especially fascinating to scholars. Franny Moyle traces and analyses the life and work of an extraordinary artist against the backdrop of an era of political turbulence and cultural transformation, to which his art offers a subtle and endlessly refracting mirror.Product Identifiers
PublisherHead of Zeus
ISBN-139781788541213
eBay Product ID (ePID)10049060407
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe King's Painter: the Life and Times of Hans Holbein
Number of Pages576 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2021
TopicHistory
GenreBiographies & True Stories
TypeTextbook
AuthorFranny Moyle
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Width156 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorFranny Moyle
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- 23 Sep, 2021
To the point
A book brimming with detail and sometimes a little technical for a lay-person. But it is what it says on the label. Fully recommend, but not one if you’re in a hurry! Great value and very good delivery time.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 28 Dec, 2021
Beautiful present
Generously illustrated book for a biography - a beautiful piece of work.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 23 Jun, 2021
An Educational Read
Informative & EducationalVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
