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Title: The Renaissance Engravers 15th-16th Century Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts
Description: London: Sirrocco, 2003. 1st English Edition (?). Hardcover. ISBN: 1904310508. Cover is glazed boards. Pages are clean and tight; this is a NEW book. Appears to be a collection catalogue from the Hermitage Museum, in St. Petersburg, Russia. "...was formed mainly during the latter part of the eighteenth and the early years of the nineteenth century. The prevailing taste of the period favoured, above all others, works by the leading masters of the high Renaissance; these were regarded as models of artistic perfection, to be carefully studied and sedulously imitated. Best represented in the Museum's collection are prints of the Italian and the German Schools....Marcantonio Raimondi...Albrecht Durer...Master E. S...." For unknown reasons Netherlandish, fourteenth century Italian and fifteenth century French artists had limited or no appeal for the Russian collectors, so are nominally, or not at all, represented in this collection. Illustrated with 123 engravings, one to a page; description on the verso page, engraving on the recto page. Catalogue of the works and artists and a bibliography complete the volume. Very oversized, 6#. ; Color Illustrations; 9 1/2 x 12 1/2; 255 pages. New in New dust jacket .

Keywords: 1904310508 Art; Art History; Artists; Renaissance Art; Renaissance Artists; Engravings; Engravers; Etchings; Woodcuts; Royalty Cultural History European History Art Geography Furniture/Interiors/Decorating Biography/Memoirs/Journals Antiques/Collectibles


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