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A key figure in the Northern RenaissanceA key figure in the Northern Renaissance, Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8–1543) is most remembered for his religious commissions and the portraits he created during his later years in London, such as The French Ambassadors and the many paintings and drawings made of Henry VIII and his wives. His unfailing eye, vivid use of colors, and acute sense of psychological observation gave his paintings an uncommon depth and made him one of the most important German artists of his era.About the series:Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Art series features:a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions

Genius of the German Renaissance: Engravings, paintings, drawings, and sketchesThough most famous for his engravings, Albrecht D&uulm;rer (1471—1528) was also a master painter and draftsman whose

Contemplate the ImmensityA survey of panorama paintings Enigmatic and ambiguous in its role as both setting and subject, the landscape has been one of the most important genres in painting for centur

On the edge of the abyss of time: A radical innovator and a pioneer of new artistic formGerman expressionist painter and graphic artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880—1938), co-founder of the Brücke move

This visceral life: Seeing the world through expressionist eyes Sharp angles, strange forms, lurid colors and distorted perspectives are all hallmarks of Expressionism, an internatio

Sublime stillness: Capturing nature’s moody splendorThe solitude of man and the bleak beauty of nature are prominent themes in the work ofCaspar David Friedrich(1774–1840), the great romantic painter

The face of Spain: The undeniable pinnacle of the golden age of Spanish paintingAcclaimed for its blending of realism with atmosphere, and for its deeply sensitive appreciation of character, the work

Against realism: Synthesis of form and feeling May 1884 saw the publication in Paris of a fin de siècle novel that became a perverse sensation on the European cultural scene.