The Art of the Renaissance. Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, England

The books of St. Petersburg art historian Alexander Viktorovich Stepanov, dedicated to the art of the Renaissance, invariably enjoy the affection of readers. By placing the work of the celebrated masters of the Renaissance within a broad historical and cultural... context, the author finds new, unexpected perspectives for each of them, allowing works that have acquired the status of canonized pieces over many centuries to gain a chance to be seen and reinterpreted anew. In the third book, dedicated to the art of the Renaissance, the author examines the creativity of the masters from the main national artistic schools of Western Europe in the 15th-16th centuries — Jan van Eyck, Memling, Bosch, Bruegel, Dürer, Cranach, Schtoss, Holbein, Goudon, El Greco, Hilliard, and other great masters of the Renaissance. A.V. Stepanov's book possesses versatility in the best sense of the word: while the dynamic, engaging narrative will interest the broadest audience, the academic depth of the research places it alongside the works of the leading global specialists in the field of Renaissance art.