The Great Workshop: Pathways of Art in Europe (5th-18th Centuries)

by Roland Recht, Pascal Griener, Catheline Perier-d'Ieteren

An artist's workshop is both a mental and an artistic space in which the artist's idea is carved in marble, laid down in pigments, or engraved in copper. The workshop is also a classroom in which the trade of the painter, sculptor, or cabinetmaker is passed on by example and where companions or apprentices seek to exceed the master. Finally, it is a salon where reputations are forged, sometimes echoed or even undermined by remarkable imitators or...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801447100
• ISBN13: 9780801447105
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 4.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.4" x 11.3"