“The half-century before 1525 saw the blossoming in south Germany of a remarkable school of limewood sculpture, largely devoted to the retable altarpiece. . . . This book is more than a work of art criticism or art history: it is a contribution to the broader social and cultural history of the German Renaissance.”—Bob Scribner, London Review of Books

“Baxandall’s multifaceted study of German limewood sculptors and sculpture prior to the Reformation is marked by a historical intelligence and intellectual liveliness too rarely found in the history of art. . . . An excellent illustrated catalog caps the work. A model of art historical synthesis and a significant methodological contribution.”—Library Journal

“[Baxandall has] written a book which is wide-ranging and brilliantly modern.”—Henri Zerner, New York Review of Books

“The Limewood Sculptors of Renaissance Germany is not only a superlative performance by its author but is also a superlative book. It offers an ambitious and provocative account of a major period in German art and focuses on problems in social history and in the history of art that will interest readers from other disciplines. . . . Few readers could finish this book without being impressed by its author’s erudition and sensitivity to his subject.”—Bruce Boucher, Times Literary Supplement