Books by Anita Albus
“Albus was trained as a botanical painter in the manner of the Old Masters of the 17th century. This book is a series of poetic essays. They’re like prose poems, really, and stuffed with arcane knowledge and scholarship about Northern Renaissance painting.” Read more...
The best books on Northern Renaissance
Christopher S. Wood, Art Historians, Critics & Curator
Interviews where books by Anita Albus were recommended
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The Limewood Sculptors of Renaissance Germany
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The Renaissance Print, 1470-1550
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The Art of Arts
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Bosch and Bruegel: From Enemy Painting to Everyday Life
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Into the White: The Renaissance Arctic and the End of the Image
by Christopher P. Heuer
The best books on Northern Renaissance, recommended by Christopher S. Wood
The best books on Northern Renaissance, recommended by Christopher S. Wood
The Renaissance had quite distinct manifestations in Northern Europe and Italy: if the Southern Renaissance was all about abundance and positivity, the dominant theme of the Northern Renaissance was negativity, says New York University Professor Christopher S. Wood. He recommends what to read to learn more about the Northern Renaissance, from Bosch’s fantasy bestiary of the demonic and the grotesque, to Bruegel’s comic and badly proportioned peasants.
