From Library Journal
This catalog for a recent show at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, presents over 190 drawings dating from between 1465 and 1545 and originating in the area now known as Germany. Drawings from this time and place are plentiful owing to increased demand by patrons from a growing middle class; an increase in the study of nature, anatomy, and proportion by artists; and the newfound importance of the medium as the result of the Reformation and iconoclasm. The artists represented range widely, and the idealistic shift from medieval to Renaissance thinking is shown simply by noting the names: Anonymous Upper Rhine and Master of the Drapery Studies give way to Martin Schongauer and Albrecht D?rer. After an introduction and brief discussion of the Berlin and Basel museum collections and their means of acquiring these exquisitely crafted master drawings, minisurveys focus on each artist. The drawings are beautiful, attract the viewer on a personal level, and capture the faces and spirit of the place and time. Recommended for libraries specializing in art history and larger public libraries.
-Nadine Dalton Speidel, Cuyahoga Cty. P.L., Parma, OH
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
-Nadine Dalton Speidel, Cuyahoga Cty. P.L., Parma, OH
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
