Dürer's lost masterpiece : art and society at the dawn of a global world / Ulinka Rublack.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rublack, Ulinka, author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528. Assumption of the Virgin and her coronation by the Holy Trinity.

Dürer, Albrecht.

Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528.

Assumption of the Virgin and her coronation by the Holy Trinity (Dürer, Albrecht).

Art, Renaissance--Economic aspects.

Art, Renaissance.

Art--Economic aspects--Europe--History.

Art.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 448 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Art and society at the dawn of a global world

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Dürer's Lost Masterpiece' tracks the history of a turning point in the career of the celebrated German artist Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528), when he stopped painting altarpieces after arguing with a merchant patron over payment. As an eloquent homage to Dürer's life, it brings us closer to the creation and meaning of his paintings than ever before. 'Dürer's Lost Masterpiece' considers the celebrated German artist Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528), his time and his legacy. It tracks the history of a crucial, and often overlooked, turning point in his career, when Dürer stopped painting altarpieces after falling out with the Frankfurt merchant Jacob Heller over a commission. The story of this painting, as Dürer's lost masterpiece, functions as a lens through which to view the new relationship developing between art, collecting and commerce in Europe up to the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) when global trade and cultural exchanges were increasing. At the heart of the book is the argument that merchants, and their mentalities, were crucial for the making of Renaissance art and its legacy for modern art. The book draws on a decade of research, and uniquely draws the reader into the rich emotional worlds of three merchants each of whom typified the evolving relationship between art and commerce in that entrepreneurial, and often ruthless, age. It brings to life Dürerþs determined fight for creative makers to be adequately paid and explores the big questions about how European societies came to value the arts and crafts that remain relevant to our time.

Contents:

Part One. Letters to Heller. 1. What few can do ; 2. Herr Jacob Heller ; 3. Dürer's revenge ; 4. A trio of unconventional friends ; 5. Preparing to paint ; 6. Apelles AD ; 7. Letter 3 ; 8. Who will see it? ; 9. Oil and pigment ; 10. Colour ; 11. Delivering ; 12. Journey to the Netherlands ; 13. Becoming Lutheran

Part Two. Tastemakers. 15. Fugger's taste for painting ; 16. In style! ; 17. Spending on style ; 18. The court of Bavaria ; 19. The flow of things ; 20. The debt crisis explodes ; 21. Wilhelm V, Duke of Bavaria

Part Three. Trading art. 22. The lives of northern painters ; 23. The art agent ; 24. Becoming Philipp Hainhofer ; 25. Networks for success ; 26. Visiting Wilhelm's court ; 27. Trading silks and a fragile career ; 28. The old lord ; 29. Material presence ; 30. Agent for the Duke of Pomerania ; 31. The Garden of Eichstätt ; 32. The age of Maximilian I ; 33. Hunting Dürer ; 34. The chase: buying the Heller altarpiece ; 35. Special things ; 36. A British spy?

Part Four. Shopping for Dürer in the Thirty Years' War. 37. Art and life in a time of crisis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780198873105

0198873107

OCLC:

1388636726