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BL
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1014462
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b768832
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| Uniform Title
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Porträtmalerei.English
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| Main Entry
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Schneider, Norbert,1945-
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| Title & Author
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The art of the portrait : : masterpieces of European portrait-painting, 1420-1670 /\ Norbert Schneider ; [English translation, Iain Galbraith].
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| Publication Statement
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Köln :: Benedikt Taschen,, ©1994.
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| Page. NO
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180 pages :: illustrations (some color) ;; 30 cm
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| ISBN
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3822865222
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: 3822896519
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: 9783822865224
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: 9783822896518
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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The great age of the portrait -- Origins of the portrait -- Early portrait of a ruler -- Portraits of Renaissance women -- The psychological portrait -- Portraits and caricatures -- Portraits of Renaissance humanists -- Mythologising portraits -- Portraits of popes and cardinals -- Portraits of artists and collectors -- Artists' self-portraits -- Portrait of a friend -- "Teste composte" -- Portraits of 16th and 17th-century rulers -- Marriage and family portraits -- Portraits of children -- Dutch Civic Guard portraits -- Anatomy lessons -- Portraits of fools and dwarfs.
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| Abstract
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"This book is about the great age of European portrait-painting, from its genesis in the late Middle Ages to the genre's greatest achievements in the Renaissance and Baroque. Norbert Schneider interprets a wide range of major works, thereby contributing to our understanding of portraiture as a whole. Drawing on his knowledge of the background against which the artists lived and worked, the author provides access to paintings whose meanings might otherwise remain obscure. In so doing, Schneider offers a useful insight into the social, cultural and political functions of the portrait."--Jacket.
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Portrait painting, European.
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Portrait painting, Renaissance-- Europe.
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Portrait painting-- 16th century.
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Portraits.
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Peinture de portraits européenne.
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Portrait painting, European.
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Portrait painting, Renaissance.
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Europe.
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| Dewey Classification
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757.094
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| LC Classification
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ND1313.S3613 1994
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| Spine Title
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Portrait
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