36754 Rizzoli, New York, 1985. Hardcover, square quarto, 498pp., 378 illustrations 170 in colour. Minor spotting on upper page edges. Dustwrapper chipped over spine and worn at corners. Very good. Professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. The work of Albrecht Altdorfer, a contemporary of Durer, represents an aspect of German Renaissance art that is unusually rich in expression and detail. Through Altdorfer's drawings, prints, and paintings we are offered imaginative visions that combine brilliant draftsmanship and fantasy. Of especial interest in this book is a section devoted to facsimile reproductions on vellum paper of pages from the beautiful 'Prayer Book of Maximilian I', which Altdorfer illustrated. Greatly enlarged details from such masterpieces as the Battle of Alexander and Susannah and the Elders reveal his genius in depicting nature. $150.00AUD
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