The Art History Newsletter

Printed Splendor

by | 16 May 2007 | Books, Medieval

In CAA Reviews, Larry Silver writes that Rainer Kahsnitz’s new book, Carved Splendor: Late Gothic Altarpieces in Southern Germany, Austria, and South Tirol, is “perhaps one of the most beautiful books ever produced.” Published by Getty, it is “a translation of the 2005 Hirmer edition, with the usual high production values of that Munich art publisher. In this case, the accompanying text is truly worthy of the dazzling photographs by Achim Bunz.” It retails for $150.