Kleinmeisters and Kleinplastik : observations on the collectible object in German Renaissance art

Author

Smith, Jeffrey Chipps

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Register of the Spencer Museum of Art. 1989, Num. 6, Vol. 6, 45-63, 33 ill.

ISSN

0733-866X

Abstract (en)

Contends that small scale sculpture and the master print, including engravings by the Little Masters, are both manifestations of the same phenomenon: the rise of the collectible object in Germany during the first half of the 16th c. Considers the upper class audience for these refined objects.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Germany
• Sculpture
• Prints
• Germany
• 1500-1600
• Collectors
• Little Masters
• Scale
• Upper classes

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Allemagne
• Sculpture
• Estampe
• Allemagne
• 1500-1600
• Collectionneurs
• Petits maîtres allemands
• Echelle (proportion)
• Classe aisée

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920101-00416401

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