Lucas Cranach

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Lucas Cranach

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Author: Jennifer Nelson

Type: Hardback

ISBN: 9781789148480

Date: 18th March, 2024

Publisher: REAKTION BOOKS

  1. Categories

  2. Art Monographs
  3. Prints
  4. Painting

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A revealing new account of the life and work of this early modern German printmaker.   This captivating biography brings Lucas Cranach the Elder into the spotlight for the twenty-first century. The illuminating narrative unveils an artist whose vision transcended personal brilliance as he sought to elevate a nascent nation and foster a sense of community with his work. Perhaps Cranach's most remarkable achievement lay in forging a robust Lutheran community, endowed with a resounding message of salvation. Using prints (the prevailing medium of mass communication) and multiple versions of paintings, he developed an intricate symbolism that resonated with the populace in early modern Germany. Jennifer Nelson also explores his extensive repertoire of female nudes and shows how these seductive artworks not only tantalized his patrons but constructed for them a deep history of Germany's notional connections with ancient Greece and Rome.

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