Holbein: Renaissance Master
Autor Elizabeth Goldringen Limba Engleză Hardback – 6 ian 2026
This landmark scholarly biography of Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497–1543), court painter to Henry VIII, is the first in more than a century. From his early days in Augsburg and Basel to his lasting impact on British art and culture, this definitive account breathes new life into Holbein’s story, shedding light on the artist whose paintings would shape perceptions of the Tudor court for five hundred years.
Written in accessible, engaging prose, the book explores Holbein’s famous portraits of Tudor figures—Henry VIII, his queens, would-be wives, and leading courtiers such as Thomas More and Thomas Cromwell—and examines iconic works, including The Ambassadors. Beyond biography, it situates Holbein’s art within the broader context of Tudor Britain, tracing the birth of collecting, connoisseurship, and art history itself.
Beautifully illustrated, with rarely seen paintings from private collections, this volume weaves the latest research—including new archival discoveries and scientific analysis—into a fresh examination of Holbein’s life and work.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781913107505
ISBN-10: 1913107507
Pagini: 417
Ilustrații: 250 Colour Illus
Dimensiuni: 195 x 279 x 38 mm
Greutate: 1.93 kg
Editura: Yale University Press
Colecția Paul Mellon Centre
ISBN-10: 1913107507
Pagini: 417
Ilustrații: 250 Colour Illus
Dimensiuni: 195 x 279 x 38 mm
Greutate: 1.93 kg
Editura: Yale University Press
Colecția Paul Mellon Centre
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Recenzii
An Engelsberg Ideas Book of the Year 2025
A New Statesman Book of the Year 2025
A Country Life Book of the Year 2025
“Engaging and beautiful.”—Katherine Harvey, Times (UK)
“[Holbein’s] great achievement was to bring before us the living, breathing men and women who plotted, suffered, contrived and triumphed through the most terrifying decades of English history. And it is Goldring’s achievement to show us the process by which this magic happened.”—Kathryn Hughes, The Guardian
A Spectator Art Book of the Year 2025
A Telegraph Book of the Year 2025
“Goldring’s . . . great strength is her scholastic ability to interrogate the documentary evidence that informs the production of Holbein’s work, using it to unpick the where and the when, and to correct or qualify assertions that have long gone unchallenged.”—Franny Moyle, Art Newspaper
“This fine book gives us the wider picture, including his metalwork designs. There is hardly an illustration that one can look at without murmuring ‘heavens, that’s good.’”—Huon Mallalieu, Country Life
“To Goldring’s credit, it is hard to imagine that another biography will be required for quite some time.”—David Eskerdjian, The Oldie
“It is hard to imagine how this biography could be bettered—it is bold without being eccentric, unfailingly alert to context and possibility, and entertainingly readable throughout. The book itself is a thing of beauty, adorned with over 250 high-quality and meticulously placed colour illustrations. It is a work of craftsmanship of which Holbein himself might have approved.”—Peter Marshall, Literary Review
“Such a brilliant piece of historiography, and illustrative of her complete mastery of both the immediate sources and the wider circumstantial evidence for Holbein’s life and work.”—Mathew Lyons, Broken Compass
“Goldring, with an extraordinary command of the archives, assiduously charts Holbein’s professional career.”—Engelsberg Ideas
“A magnificent biography of Hans Holbein astounds.”—Bookseller
“A work of consummate scholarship.”—Michael Prodger, New Statesman
“Meticulously detailed, judicious and perceptive, it will surely prove the definitive account of Holbein’s life, and of the life and afterlife of his work, for many years to come.”—Mathew Lyons, Spectator
“Goldring gives full weight to Holbein’s inventiveness as a designer and a worker in precious metals, while breathing life into the individuals whom he portrayed and sketched.”—Nicholas Cranfield, Church Times
“A superbly written and magnificently produced tribute to an artist who was far more than a Court painter for Henry VIII.”—Michael Hall, Country Life
“An immaculate piece of scholarship wrapped up in the most handsome of volumes.”—Michael Prodger, Engelsberg Ideas
“Fantastic. . . . Definitive.”—Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art (podcast)
“Goldring considers Holbein from numerous angles, placing him in the thick of the political and religious turmoil of his times. While unafraid to ask questions to which there are no clear answers, with hundreds of judicious touches she paints a fittingly masterful portrait of an enigmatic and supremely gifted man.”—Susan Owens, World of Interiors
“This is a biography that shuns the temptations of romanticism or novelistic imaginings without ever losing sight of the human at its centre. . . . What is remarkable is the extent to which Holbein himself emerges as a living figure.”—Tim Smith-Laing, Apollo
“[Goldring’s] handsome and superbly illustrated book is intelligent and well written, and scrupulously examines the documentary evidence.”—Jeffrey Meyers, The Article
“Goldring has produced a superb biography. . . . The Holbein who emerges from her book is a well-rounded figure . . . able to produce work of such sensitivity that he won commissions from some of the greatest patrons in Europe.”—Kate Heard, LRB
A New Statesman Book of the Year 2025
A Country Life Book of the Year 2025
“Engaging and beautiful.”—Katherine Harvey, Times (UK)
“[Holbein’s] great achievement was to bring before us the living, breathing men and women who plotted, suffered, contrived and triumphed through the most terrifying decades of English history. And it is Goldring’s achievement to show us the process by which this magic happened.”—Kathryn Hughes, The Guardian
A Spectator Art Book of the Year 2025
A Telegraph Book of the Year 2025
“Goldring’s . . . great strength is her scholastic ability to interrogate the documentary evidence that informs the production of Holbein’s work, using it to unpick the where and the when, and to correct or qualify assertions that have long gone unchallenged.”—Franny Moyle, Art Newspaper
“This fine book gives us the wider picture, including his metalwork designs. There is hardly an illustration that one can look at without murmuring ‘heavens, that’s good.’”—Huon Mallalieu, Country Life
“To Goldring’s credit, it is hard to imagine that another biography will be required for quite some time.”—David Eskerdjian, The Oldie
“It is hard to imagine how this biography could be bettered—it is bold without being eccentric, unfailingly alert to context and possibility, and entertainingly readable throughout. The book itself is a thing of beauty, adorned with over 250 high-quality and meticulously placed colour illustrations. It is a work of craftsmanship of which Holbein himself might have approved.”—Peter Marshall, Literary Review
“Such a brilliant piece of historiography, and illustrative of her complete mastery of both the immediate sources and the wider circumstantial evidence for Holbein’s life and work.”—Mathew Lyons, Broken Compass
“Goldring, with an extraordinary command of the archives, assiduously charts Holbein’s professional career.”—Engelsberg Ideas
“A magnificent biography of Hans Holbein astounds.”—Bookseller
“A work of consummate scholarship.”—Michael Prodger, New Statesman
“Meticulously detailed, judicious and perceptive, it will surely prove the definitive account of Holbein’s life, and of the life and afterlife of his work, for many years to come.”—Mathew Lyons, Spectator
“Goldring gives full weight to Holbein’s inventiveness as a designer and a worker in precious metals, while breathing life into the individuals whom he portrayed and sketched.”—Nicholas Cranfield, Church Times
“A superbly written and magnificently produced tribute to an artist who was far more than a Court painter for Henry VIII.”—Michael Hall, Country Life
“An immaculate piece of scholarship wrapped up in the most handsome of volumes.”—Michael Prodger, Engelsberg Ideas
“Fantastic. . . . Definitive.”—Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art (podcast)
“Goldring considers Holbein from numerous angles, placing him in the thick of the political and religious turmoil of his times. While unafraid to ask questions to which there are no clear answers, with hundreds of judicious touches she paints a fittingly masterful portrait of an enigmatic and supremely gifted man.”—Susan Owens, World of Interiors
“This is a biography that shuns the temptations of romanticism or novelistic imaginings without ever losing sight of the human at its centre. . . . What is remarkable is the extent to which Holbein himself emerges as a living figure.”—Tim Smith-Laing, Apollo
“[Goldring’s] handsome and superbly illustrated book is intelligent and well written, and scrupulously examines the documentary evidence.”—Jeffrey Meyers, The Article
“Goldring has produced a superb biography. . . . The Holbein who emerges from her book is a well-rounded figure . . . able to produce work of such sensitivity that he won commissions from some of the greatest patrons in Europe.”—Kate Heard, LRB
Notă biografică
Elizabeth Goldring is an honorary Professor at the University of Warwick and a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Historical Society. She is the author of Nicholas Hilliard: Life of an Artist and Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and the World of Elizabethan Art.