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Unlike many other Renaissance artists whose personal details and lives are known only sketchily from second-hand sources and later biographers, the events of Albrecht Dürer's life are much easier to reconstruct thanks to the artist's own habit of keeping detailed diaries and notebooks. Indeed, this habit and Dürer's concern to almost always sign an...
In 1495 CE Dürer visited Italy for the first time, spending some time in Venice. Always interested in his surroundings, the artist made several watercolours of the Alps as he crossed into southern Europe. Dürer studied the effects of classical art on contemporary Italian art and was greatly interested in the search for accurate proportions regardin...
Returning to Nuremberg, Dürer continued to make prints, most notably the Gothic-inspired series of 15 prints known as The Apocalypse in 1498 CE. In 1504 CE he painted his celebrated The Adoration of the Magi, which is now in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. In the same year, he produced one of his most famous (and copied) engraved prints, the Adam a...
Dürer once again visited Italy in 1505 CE and, spending two years visiting Venice and Bologna, met such artists as Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430-1516 CE). The two masters admired each other's work. Bellini was influenced by Dürer's obsession with detail while the German artist said of the Italian, he "was very old, but still the best in painting" (Hale...
Back again in Nuremberg, the artist purchased an impressive four-storey house in 1507 CE, which today functions as a museum dedicated to him. Dürer now produced two famous painted panels, Adam and Eve. The two panels, based on his earlier engraving, are now housed in the Prado Museum in Madrid. By 1512 CE Dürer's reputation was well established, an...
From around 1518 CE Dürer had begun to take a keen interest in the writings of the Protestant reformist Martin Luther (1483-1546 CE), whom he had met in person in Augsburg. This influence would be seen in the artist's 1526 CE Four Apostles panels for the Nuremberg Council. These paintings were perhaps the zenith of his impressive catalogue of maste...
In 1526 CE, Dürer produced engraved print portraits of various famous names such as the humanist trio of Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1469-1536 CE), Philip Melanchthon(1497-1560 CE), and Willibald Pirckheimer (1470-1530 CE). The artist also painted many portraits and half-portraits of members of the Italian gentry during his visit of 1505-7 CE and promin...
Dürer died on 6 April 1528 CE in Nuremberg, where he was buried. He had already achieved fame in his own lifetime and was celebrated both in Germany and Italy as one of the great Renaissance artists. Fine engraved prints of his major works made their way abroad, further spreading his fame. Jesuit missionaries used his prints in their work and so th...
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- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. This is the third woodcut in Dürer's terrifying Apocalypse series, which contains altogether fifteen scenes from the Book of Revelations.
- Self-Portrait with Fur-Trimmed Robe. This painting of the artist as Christ could be considered an audacious, blasphemous statement, but is most likely an expression of faith alongside a confidence in the artist's competency as creator.
- Young Hare. The incredible detail and care in this study of a small wild animal is a predecessor to the detailed scientific illustrations it has influenced and endures as an extremely accurate and sensitive depiction of one of nature's common creatures.
- Adam and Eve (the Fall of Man) Dürer's depiction of 'the fall', the moment in Christian mythology where the first two humans - Adam and Eve - disobeyed God and ate from the Tree of Knowledge, remains unique in its bold depiction of 'man' and of nature.
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Learn about Albrecht Dürer, a German Renaissance artist who excelled in painting, drawing, and engraving. Explore his life, travels, influences, and achievements, and see some of his famous works such as The Apocalypse and Melencolia I.
Apr 5, 2024 · Albrecht Durer, painter and printmaker generally regarded as the greatest German Renaissance artist. His vast body of work includes altarpieces and religious works, numerous portraits and self-portraits, and copper engravings. His woodcuts retain a more Gothic flavor than the rest of his works.
A comprehensive overview of the life and work of Albrecht Dürer, a supremely gifted and versatile German artist of the Renaissance period. Learn about his woodcuts, engravings, paintings, and prints on religious, historical, and erotic themes, as well as his influence on European art and culture.
