Overbeck by J. Beavington Atkinson is a biographical and critical study of Friedrich Overbeck, the leader of the Nazarene movement of German painters who sought to revive the spirit of early Italian and German religious art. Settling in Rome, Overbeck and his circle produced devout, linear works inspired by the masters before Raphael.
Atkinson traces the painter’s life and convictions, describes his major religious pictures, and assesses the influence of the Nazarenes on nineteenth-century art. The book is a useful English-language introduction to an important strand of Romantic religious painting. This free EPUB download is cleanly formatted for any e-reader.