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Tables of Contents for Holbein's Ambassadors
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Authors' Acknowledgements
6
1
Sponsor's Preface
7
2
Foreword
9
2
Introduction
11
3
Part One
14
45
SUSAN FOISTER
Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve: The French Embassy of 1533
14
7
Jean de Dinteville and the Chateau of Polisy
21
9
The Objects in the Painting
30
14
Death and Distortion: The Skull and the Crucifix
44
15
Part Two Holbein as a Painter and the Making of The Ambassadors
59
28
SUSAN FOISTER
ASHOK ROY
MARTIN WYLD
Planning The Ambassadors
59
3
Drawings for Portraits
62
9
Painting at Basel 1515-26: The Development of Holbein's Painting Technique
71
5
The Development of Holbein's Portraiture, 1515-33
76
3
The Painting Technique of The Ambassadors
79
8
The Provenance of The Ambassadors
87
1
The Conservation of The Ambassadors
88
9
The Physical Structure of The Ambassadors
97
1
Glossary
98
2
Notes
100
3
Select Bibliography
103
2
Lenders to the Exhibition
105
1
Works in the Exhibition
106
4
Index
110
2
Picture Credits
112
1
Fold-out illustrastion of The Ambassadors
112