The Ambassadors' secret : Holbein and the world of the Renaissance / John North.
Pubblicazione:
London : Phoenix, 2004.
Descrizione fisica:
XVII, 462 p., [8] p. di tav. : ill., ritr. ; 20 cm
Contiene:
Indice parziale: Pt. 1. The painter and his world: 4. Nicolaus Kratzer. Pt. 2. The painting: 6. Instruments for the heavens 7. The mundane level 8. The distorted skull 9. From apelles to an abbey pavement 10. Hints of astrology. Pt. 3. The meaning: 11. Shadow and truth 12. Touched by the occult? 13. Air on a broken string. Appendix I: Piero della Francesca's Baptism of Christ. Appendix II: The compound solar instrument. Appendix III: Rabanus Maurus and Solomon's throne. Appendix IV: Holbein and Chaucer compared. Appendix V:The celestial globe and the northern cross
