Painting on light
Subtitle: drawings and stained glass in the age of Dürer and Holbein
By: Barbara Butts and Lee Hendrix with the assistance of Scott C. Wolf ; with contributions by Barbara Giesicke ... [et al.].
Contributors: Hendrix, Lee.; Wolf, Scott C., 1956-; J. Paul Getty Museum.; St. Louis Art Museum.
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum; St. Louis Art Museum; Getty Publications; Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: [Los Angeles, Calif.]; [St. Louis, Mo.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
Subjects: Artists' preparatory studies -- Germany, Southern -- Exhibitions; Artists' preparatory studies -- Switzerland -- Exhibitions; Drawing, German -- Germany, Southern -- 16th century -- Exhibitions; Drawing, Swiss -- 16th century -- Exhibitions; Glass painting and staining -- Germany, Southern -- History -- 16th century -- Exhibitions; Glass painting and staining -- Switzerland -- History -- 16th century -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: The names Albrecht Durer and Hans Holbein the Younger evoke the dazzling accomplishments of Renaissance panel painting and printmaking, but they may not summon images of stained glass. Nevertheless, D rer, Holbein, and their southern German and Swiss contemporaries designed some of the most splendid works in the history of the medium. This lavish volume is a comprehensive survey of the contribution to stained glass made by these extraordinarily gifted artists and the equally talented glass painters who rendered their compositions in glass. Included are discussions of both monumental church windows and smaller-scale stained-glass panels made for cloisters, civic buildings, residences, and private chapels. The subjects of these rarely seen drawings and panels range from religious topics to secular themes, including love, planets, hunts, and battles. Focusing on stained glass produced in Germany and Switzerland from about 1495 to 1530, Painting on Light includes drawings by D rer, Holbein, Albrecht Altdorfer, Hans Baldung Grien, J rg Breu the Elder, Hans Burgkmair, Urs Graf, Hans von Kulmbach, Hans Leu the Younger, Niklaus Manuel Deutsch, Hans Sch ufelein, Hans Weiditz, and others. This informative book is published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Getty Museum from July 11 through September 24, 2000, and from November 7, 2000, to January 4, 2001, at the Saint Louis Art Museum.

A survey of the contribution made by Durer, Holbein and their southern German and Swiss contemporary draftsmen and the glass painters who translated their drawings into stained glass. In some cases, drawings are matched to panels that still exist.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-325) and index.
Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by and held at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Calif., July 11-Sept. 24, 2000 and the St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 4, 2000-Jan. 7, 2001.
Addenda slip inserted.