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Gunnar Heydenreich

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Painting Materials, Techniques and Workshop Practice

462 pages, 215 color plates and 64 halftones  7-1/2 x 9-3/4 

Paper $69.50

ISBN: 9789053567456   Published September 2007
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• Synopsis
• Bio

This study provides the first comprehensive description of the materials, techniques and studio practices of German painter Lucas Cranach the Elder. Gunnar Heydenreich draws on detailed technical examination of Cranach’s paintings, as well as analysis of documentary sources, to explain the characteristic elements of more than three hundred of Cranach’s paintings. In the process, Heydenreich provides unprecedented insight into the material and technical history of Renaissance painting in Germany.

Subjects

• Art: Art--Biography
• Art: European Art

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