From A Mighty Fortress: Prints, Drawings and Books in the Age of Luther
Softcover
1981 · Detroit, MI
by Christiane Andersson (and) Charles W Talbot
Detroit, MI: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1981. Softcover. VG, light soiling to cover. White ill. wraps. 411 pp. 216 bw plates. Survey on Gothic and early Renaissance graphic art, which played an important role in disseminating ideas about the Reformation. Includes 216 works by 15th and 16th century artists. Published to accompany an exhibition held in MI: Detroit Institute of Arts, October 3 to November 22, 1981. Contents as follows: Authors' acknowledgments -- Foreword by Frederick J. Cummings -- Color plates -- Notes to the catalogue -- The history of the Veste Coburg Kupferstichkabinett by Joachim Kruse -- The history of Landesbibliothek Coburg by Jurgen Erdmann -- Germany in the age of Luther by Ellen Sharp -- Luther at Coburg by Lewis W. Spitz -- Early German drawings at Coburg by Christiane Andersson -- Cat. nos. 1-55 -- Prints and illustrated books at Coburg by Charles Talbot -- Cat. nos. 56-195 (woodcuts and engravings) -- Cat. nos. 196-216 (illustrated books) -- Excursus: The master of the Coburg Roundels by Christiane Andersson. (Inventory #: 34868)