Why Are We by All Creatures Waited on?

摘要

Painter, engraver, designer of woodcuts, Lucas Cranach the Elder lived and worked during the last part of the Renaissance and embodied the integrative qualities valued by his age. In addition to accomplished artist, he was a suc-cessful entrepreneur, civic leader, and brilliant inventor. Among other innovations, he is credited with in. uencing the Danube school, a circle of painters along the Danube Valley, known for their advanced painterly style, printmak-ing, and etching; for early printing of woodcuts in color; for the full length portrait as an independent art form; and for various techniques intended to speed up painting and standardize technical processes