| Description |
1 online resource (201 p.) |
| Contents |
Intro -- INTRODUCTION -- Holbein's Life -- THE EVOLUTION OF THE AMBASSADORS -- Two protagonists -- Three different points of view -- From two-dimensional canvas to three-dimensional effect -- POSSIBLE ARTISTIC SOURCES -- The portrait of Sir Thomas More's family -- The portrait of Henry VIII -- JUXTAPOSITION OF IMAGE AND TEXT -- The studiolo picture -- Holbein's self-portraits -- A STILL LIFE OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS -- THE ANAMORPHOSIS OF THE SKULL -- The death's-head as an objectof meditation -- The knowing mirror of Prudentia -- Vanitas: an ambiguous element of the picture |
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The skull anamorphosis: a stumbling block -- THE SIGNIFICANT SHADOW -- SECULAR AND SPIRITUAL TIME IN THE AMBASSADORS -- The ""Ambassadors"" and Their Attributes -- The Shadow of the Future -- SIR THOMAS MORE'S UTOPIA -- THE DANCE OF DEATH -- Christ in the Tomb -- Adam and Eve -- THE INTELLECTUALISM OF HOLBEIN, THE ARTIST -- Historical temporality and the presentness of the creative act -- The signature of death -- DRAWINGS -- NOTES... -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781646999750 |
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1646999754 |
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