Author: NORTH, JOHN
Title: The Ambassador's Secret Holbein and the World of the Renaissance
Description: New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2004. Revised Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 1852854472. B&W and Color; 7.6 X 5.0 X 1.4 inches; xviii, 462 pages; Soft cover has green spine with white lettering. Shallow spine crease from gentle use. Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with 11 color plates and 82 b/w pictures. This is one of the most fascinating paintings! ! ! So easy to become mesmerized by it, and be lost in its mysteries and depths for hours on end [as I have, many times]. ' The Ambassadors--the famous portrait of two diplomats visiting Henry VIII's court in London 1533--has long been celebrated by art historians. Traditionally the painting has been seen as representing the political and religious unrest of its day. Now, historian John North, author of Stonehenge: A New Interpretation of Prehistoric Man and the Cosmos, once again uses his investigative skills to reinterpret history. In this radical reinterpretation of the painting John North shows that the work has a very different and previously undetected, central theme. Far from being random, the objects are very deliberately placed. Part international riddle, part art history, and part French history, the book opens a remarkable window on the world of the Renaissance. ' 4 appendices; notes; bibliography; index.. Fine .

Keywords: 1852854472 Reference; Art History; Paintings; Painters; Hans Holbein the Younger; Portraits; Cultural History; Social History; French History; Royalty Cultural History Education European History History Art Geography English/British History Biography/Memo