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Holbein and England (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art)

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This is an outstanding book by the world's leading expert on Holbein. The plates are superb, the color reproductions remarkably faithful.

In the career of Hans Holbein the younger (a recent monograph of his father, Hans Holbein d.Ä. has been written by Elsbeth Wiemann and published by Hatje Kantz, ISBN-13: 978-3775727167) England was the Heaven. He made works of great beauty and was recognized like a star among masters. The book is magnificent: reproduction are of the highest quality, almost all the paintings have been cleaned and restored and the competence of Susan Foister assist us with unique mastership on the subject. He was the official painter of the king (Henry VIII). During the English period the art of Holbein reached the extreme. Volumes and surfaces are neat with great equilibrium in composition. "Holbein and England" is a tour-de-force of the Yale University Press art department. If you expect a book for experts this is what Dr. Foister made but it is readable, full of technical insights. Wide the historical scene. Drawing or painting are discussed in depth, fully referenced: Foister made clear from the start that there is a urgent need for scientific reconstruction of the work of Holbein. And she established solid foundations for subsequent works always with prose clear and fluent. The best monograph on Holbein.