National Gallery (Great Britain)

Sergio Guarino

Nicholas Penny

Elena Greer

Duncan Bull

Philip Attwood

Carol Plazzotta

Lorne Campbell

Karen Serres

Molly Ann Faries

Susan Foister

Minna Moore Ede

Simona Di Nepi

Miguel Falomir

Luke Syson

Jennifer Fletcher

Almudena Pérez de Tudela

Pilar Silva Maroto

"This survey traces the development of portrait painting in Northern and Southern Europe during the Renaissance, when the genre first flourished. Both regions developed their own distinct styles and techniques, but each was influenced by the other. Focusing on the relationship between artists of the north and south, renowned specialists analyse the notion of likeness - at that time based not only on accurate reference to posterity, but incorporating all aspects of human life, including propaganda, power,courtship, love, family, ambition and hierarchy. Essays and individual catalogue entries present new research on works by some of the greatest portraitists of the period, including Giovanni Bellini, Sandro Botticelli, Lucas Cranach, Albrecht Durer, Jan van Eyck, Hans Holbein and Titan, all magnificently illustrated."--Jacket.

Carol Plazzotta

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