中文简介：

本书介绍了16世纪肖像画大师汉斯·霍尔拜因（Hans Holbein）的作品，揭示了他令人印象深刻和惊讶的职业生涯。16世纪的欧洲是一个经济空前扩张、跨文化贸易、宗教动乱、帝国交战和科学进步的时代。汉斯·霍尔拜因可以自由出入亨利八世的宫廷，在前排观看皇室的戏剧和阴谋，他详细、高度叙事的肖像画告诉我们许多关于贵族的信息。本卷收录了几十幅霍尔拜因主要作品的全页复制品，并附有大量评论，探讨了他为托马斯·莫尔（Thomas More）、伊拉斯谟（Erasmus）和托马斯·克伦威尔（Thomas Cromwell）等欧洲杰出人物所作的精湛肖像画。还揭示了这位艺术家在其他媒体方面的天赋，如木刻、壁画、珠宝和金属制品。这些作品的复制品，以及霍尔拜因精致的手掌大小的微型画和他用铅笔、粉笔和墨水进行的高度细致的研究，阐明了这位艺术家的才华横溢和令人印象深刻的商业头脑。

英文简介：

This introduction to the work of the 16th-century master portraitist Hans Holbein reveals the impressive and surprising scope of his career. 16th-century Europe was a time of unprecedented economic expansion, cross-cultural trade, religious upheaval, warring empires, and scientific advancement. With unfettered access to the court of Henry VIII, Hans Holbein had a front-row seat to the royal drama and intrigue, and his detailed, highly narrative portaits tell us much about aristocracy. This volume features dozens of full-page reproductions of Holbein's key works accompanied by extensive commentary that explores his masterful portraits of prominent European figures such as Thomas More, Erasmus, and Thomas Cromwell. It also reveals the artist's talent in other media, such as woodcuts, frescoes, jewelry, and metalwork. Reproductions of these items, as well as Holbein's exquisite, palm-sized miniatures and his highly detailed studies in pencil, chalk, and ink illuminate an artist of unparalleled versatility and impressive commercial acumen.