Martin Schongauer (French / German)

Martin Schongauer's art (circa 1445-1491) combines with great finesse the sweetness of the painters of the Upper Rhine with the striking naturalism of the Flemish primitives. This book presents the engraved and painted work of the man whom Albrecht Dürer considered his master. He traces the development of his style through its founding influences, and shows us how the diffusion of his engravings in Europe left the brilliant imprint of the "Beau Martin" on the Nordic Renaissance.