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For forty years John Hadden and his father of the same name fought at the dinner table over politics, art, and various issues concerning America. One was haunted by what he had witnessed during his long CIA career, from Berlin to Tel Aviv; the other retreated to the Vermont woods to direct Shakespeare until finally he confronted his father at the table one last time with a tape recorder. __Conversations with a Masked Man__ is a series of conversations Hadden had with his father about the older man's thirty-year career as a CIA officer and how American policy affected the family and the world. Father and son talk about John senior's early life as a kid in Manhattan, his training at West Point, the stench of bodies in Dresden after the war, Berlin and Vienna in the late forties and fifties at the height of the Cold War, the follies of the Cuban missile crisis, how he disobeyed orders to bomb Cairo while he was station chief in Israel during the Six-Day War, and treacherous... This Volume Contains Nearly The Entire Creative Output Of Hans Holbein The Younger's Basel Period, I.e. The Productive And Innovative Years Between 1515 And 1532. In Contrast To His Later Work In England, Where He Was Active Primarily As A Portraitist And A Designer At Court, The Basel Years Were Varied And Multifaceted. This Publication Also Includes A Series Of Essays By Distinguished Holbein Scholars. These Cover Holbein's Artistic Development, Analyze His Graphic Works, Shed Light On His Religious Panel Paintings And Focus On Individual Works And Work Complexes Such As The Woodcut Series Of The Images Of Death. Holbein's Artistic Career, His Patrons And His Relationship To Antique And Contemporary Art Theory Are Also Discussed.--book Jacket. Biography / Sabine Häberli -- The Artistic Development Of Hans Holbein The Younger As Panel Painter During His Basel Years / Jochen Sander -- Hans Holbein The Younger As Draughtsman / Christian Müller -- Altarpieces, Epitaphs And Organ Shutters : Religious Paintings / Stephan Kemperdick -- Holbein's Career Between City And Court / Peter Cornelius Claussen -- Tactics And Strategy : Holbein's Patrons In Basel : Bankers, Scholars And Nobles / Nikolaus Meier -- The London Interlude 1526-1528 / Andreas Beyer -- Basel In Holbein's Day / Kaspar Von Greyerz -- On Holbein's Painting Of The Pauline Creed Of Law And Grace / Dieter Koepplin -- The Terminus As A Rebus In Holbein's Portraits Of Erasmus / Matthias Winner -- Holbein's Hand / Oskar Bätschmann -- The Images Of Death And The Triumph Of Life / Stephanie Buck -- Hans Holbein And Printmaking / Christian Rümelin -- Catalogue. Drawings And Paintings ; Prints. With Contributions By Christian Müller ... [et Al.]. Published To Accompany The Exhibition Held At The Kunstmuseum Basel, April 1-july 2, 2006. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 496-515) And Index. "For forty years John Hadden and his father of the same name fought at the dinner table over politics, art, and various issues concerning America. One was haunted by what he had witnessed during his long CIA career, from Berlin to Tel Aviv; the other retreated to the Vermont woods to direct Shakespeare until finally he confronted his father at the table one last time with a tape recorder. Conversations with a Masked Man is a series of conversations Hadden had with his father about the older man's thirty-year career as a CIA officer and how American policy affected the family and the world. Father and son talk about John senior's early life as a kid in Manhattan, his training at West Point, the stench of bodies in Dresden after the war, Berlin and Vienna in the late forties and fifties at the height of the Cold War, the follies of the Cuban missile crisis, how he disobeyed orders to bomb Cairo while he was station chief in Israel during the Six-Day War, and treacherous office politics in Washington. The story unfolds in dialogue alternating with the writer's own memories and reflections. What emerges is hilarious, unexpectedly candid, and deeply personal. Combining the candid descriptions of the world of the CIA with intimate conversations between a father and son, this book is written for the political junkie, the psychologist, the art lover, or anybody who wonders who the hell their father really is"-- Provided by publisher "For forty years, John Hadden and his father fought at the dinner table over politics, art, and various issues concerning America. One was haunted by what he had witnessed during his long CIA career from Berlin to Tel Aviv; the other retreated to the Vermont woods to direct Shakespeare until finally he confronted his father at the table one last time with a tape recorder. Conversations with a Masked Man is a series of conversations Hadden had with his father about the older man's thirty-year career as a CIA officer and how American policy affected the family and the world. John's father talks about his early life as a kid in Manhattan, his training at West Point, the stench of bodies in Dresden after the war, Berlin and Vienna in the late forties and fifties at the height of the Cold War, the follies of the Cuban missile crisis, how he disobeyed orders to bomb Cairo while he was station chief in Israel during the Six-Day War, and treacherous office politics in Washington. The story unfolds in dialogue alternating with the writer's own memories and reflections. What emerge are sincere, often hilarious, and deeply personal conversations"-- Provided by publisher Hans Holbein was a celebrated portraitist and painter of religious scenes and altar pieces. Focusing on a particularly fertile period in his career, this book features paintings, drawings and sketches that he completed in Basle, Switzerland. It also includes essays and a brief biography reflecting the research on the life and work of this artist.