本书引用了各种资料。作者使用这些资料的方式令人拍案称奇。最令人称道的是,作者将这种方式同对雕塑品的精妙细致观察紧密结合起来。读者的最终印象当然是帕切尔或者里门施奈德的雕塑作品的力度和精妙。所有的这些要素——宗教活动,木雕技艺,帕拉塞尔苏斯的手相学概念,行会背后的经济学原理——都使得本书既是艺术史的杰作,又是文化史的佳作。 This book cites a variety of information. The way the author uses these materials is surprising. The most commendable is that the author will be closely integrated with the subtle and detailed observation of sculpture. The reader’s final impression, of course, is the intensity and sophistication of Pachel or the Schneider sculptures. All of these elements - religious activity, woodcarving, Paracharturship of handwriting, and the economics behind the guild - make this book both a masterpiece of art history and a masterpiece of cultural history.