Hans Holbein le Jeune (Augsburg; 1497 ndash; Londres; 1543)Le geacute;nie de Holbein seacute;panouit tregrave;s tocirc;t. Sa ville natale dAugsburg eacute;tait alors agrave; son zeacute;nith. Situeacute;e sur le grand axe reliant lItalie au nord de lEurope; ceacute;tait la ville commerccedil;ante la plus riche dAllemagne; une halte freacute;quente pour lempereur Maximilien. Son pegrave;re; Hans Holbein lAncien; eacute;tait lui-mecirc;me un peintre de meacute;rite; et le prit dans son atelier. En 1515; agrave; lacirc;ge de dix-huit ans; Holbein sinstalla agrave; Bacirc;le; le centre du savoir; dont la fierteacute; reposait sur le fait que chaque maison recelait au moins un eacute;rudit. Envoyeacute; agrave; Londres avec une lettre dintroduction pour Sir Thomas More; le chancelier du roi; laquo;Master Haunce raquo;; ainsi que lappelaient les Anglais; arriva agrave; peu pregrave;s au moment du blocus de 1526. Holbein fut bien accueilli et sinstalla; degrave;s sa premiegrave;re visite; en Angleterre. Il peignit des portraits de nombreux hommes influents de leacute;poque; et reacute;alisa des dessins pour un tableau de la famille de son bienfaiteur. Il devint bientocirc;t le ceacute;legrave;bre portraitiste de la Renaissance nordique au service des figures contemporaines. De faccedil;on tout agrave; fait typique; son travail incluait deacute;tonnants deacute;tails comme des reflets naturels agrave; travers le verre ou la trame enchevecirc;treacute;e des eacute;leacute;gantes tapisseries. En 1531; Holbein retourna en Angleterre. Mais lagrave; aussi; les choses avaient changeacute;. En 1536; remarqueacute; par Henry VIII; Holbein devient le peintre officiel de la cour; position quil conservera jusquagrave; sa mort.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A Better Look at Radios Gregarious HermitBy K. WilliamsA revealing and detailed look at the mysterious Jean Shepherd; a man who talked about himself on the radio for hours each night without giving away too much. Bergmanns discoveries put a light on the voice in the night; revealing hidden aspects and dark sides of this broadcasting genius without taking anything away from his awesome achievements. The book separates fact from fiction (and Shepherd; though telling stories in the first person; doesnt seem to have expected that theyd be taken as gospel) and drops a number of unexpected biographical sidelights. Did you know that his father; "The Old Man" of A CHRISTMAS STORY; walked out on his family and went off to live with his secretary?Shepherd was grumpy; self-centered; and secretive; even as he poured the equivalent of several novels a week out on the ether for a dedicated audience that continues to listen to his broadcasts (thanks; Internet!) to this day. Reading this book may well be even better than knowing the man himself. Shepherd is probably best admired from a distance; but thanks to Bergmann; I understand a little bit more about who he really was.(What would Shepherd have made of the internet? Thanks to people making web pages; I was able to happen upon a Smokey Stover comic strip that could well be the origin of Shepherds imaginary award of merit; the Brass Figlagee [sic]; a tidbit that isnt in this book. If Bergmann does a new edition; hes welcome to this curious factoid.)2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. I enjoyed every page of it.By FilmfanI have been a great Jean Shepherd fan ever since the first time I heard him on the radio.I enjoyed the printed excerpts from some of Shepherds radio shows that are in the book; thatinclude some that I havent heard before; and I especially enjoyed reading the comments from people whoknew or worked with Shepherd. The author also includes excerpts from a number of Shepherd interviews -interviews of Shepherd by others; in which he comments about his own work. Im just about finished readingthe book; and I have enjoyed every page.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A must for all ldquo;Sheprdquo; fansBy Wesley G BrodskyNot quite a biography of ldquo;Sheprdquo;; but a chronological description of his work in radio; TV; and print. I found out a few things I did not know about him. (I will not spoil by telling you what.) A must for all ldquo;Sheprdquo; fans.