Directory of Cranach the Elder, Lucas Resources

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(1472-1553) German painter and engraver.

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• Artchive: Lucas Cranach the Elder

  http://www.artchive.com/artchive/C/cranach.html
  Artist's biography.

• Biblical art by Cranach the Elder

  http://www.artbible.info/art/work/lucas-cranach-the-elder
  Artist's gallery inspired by stories in the bible.

• Cranach Digital Archive

  http://www.lucascranach.org/
  Provides information towards the artist's biography, paintings and archival documents.

• Cranach's Golden Age

  http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article3757336.ece
  Reviewing the artist's style and technique while analyzing an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts.

• Humanities Web: Lucas Cranach the Elder

  http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=g&p=c&a=b&ID=249
  Features a biography as well as a list of his selected works and chronological events.

• National Gallery of Art - Lucas Cranach the Elder

  http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/artist-info.1179.html
  Provides a list of the German artist's work known for his portraits.

• National Museums Liverpool - 'The Nymph of the fountain'

  http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/collections/paintings/13c-16c/item.aspx?tab=summary&item=wag+1223&hl=1&coll=5
  Analysis on one of Cranach's masterpieces.

• Olga's Gallery: Lucas Cranach the Elder

  http://www.abcgallery.com/C/cranach/cranach.html
  Large comprehensive collection of the works and a full biography of the German artist. Offers reproductions with interesting historical comments.

• People in Luther's Environment: Lucas Cranach the Elder

  http://www.luther.de/en/lca.html
  Short biography of the artist, where his relations with Luther are described.

• The Art Institute of Chicago

  http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/artist/Cranach,+Lucas,+the+Elder
  Cranach's gallery.

• The Athenaeum - Lucas Cranach the Elder

  http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/list.php?m=a&s=du&aid=3498
  Provides 81 artworks done by the German artist born in Kronach.

• The Gloomy Brilliance of Lucas Cranach the Elder

  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/05/arts/05iht-melikian05.html
  Article based on the artist's career.

• Three Graces of Cranach - A composition

  http://www.francois-murez.com/compocranach%20en.htm
  Extensive detailed analysis on one of his famous paintings.

• Web Gallery of Art

  http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/c/cranach/lucas_e/index.html
  Hungary-based image archive with a variety of works by Cranach.

• Web Gallery of Art: Lucas Cranach the Elder

  http://www.wga.hu/html/c/cranach/lucas_e/01/index.html
  Collection of images and artist's biography.

• WebMuseum: Cranach, Lucas the Elder

  http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cranach/
  Artist's biography..

• Wikipedia: Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472 – 1553)

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Cranach_the_Elder
  Encyclopedia article featuring a biography and further reading sources regarding the German Renaissance painter. Collection of books for further reading is also available.

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