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A supremely gifted and versatile german artist of the renaissance period, albrecht durer 14711528 was born in the franconian city of nuremberg, one of the strongest artistic and commercial centers in europe during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In our germany, most excellent wilibald, are to be found at the present day many young men of a happy talent for the art pictorial, who without any artistic training whatever, but taught only by their daily exercise of it, have run riot like an unpruned tree, so that unhesitatingly and without compunction they turn out their works, purely according to their own judgment. German renaissance artist albrecht durer 14711528 is held up as perhaps the most significant artist of his time, particularly for his printmaking. Discover librarianselected research resources on albrecht durer from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more. Mathematicians probably know him best for his work melencolia i which contains a magic square, a mysterious polyhedron, a compass, etc today i was reading his book. His bold imagination, sophisticated technique, and probing intellect made him the german equal of leonardo da vinci in italy. He had a decidedly significant influence on all the artists of the sixteenth century, both in germany and in the netherlands and came. In 1498 he published the first book entirely produced by an artist, the apocalypse, which included fourteen woodcuts illustrating the book. Albrecht durer 1471 1528 was the preeminent artist of the north.
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His father after whom he was named was a successful goldsmith of hungarian heritage, and young albrecht apprenticed with him before deciding on an artistic career instead. Albrecht durer, one of the greatest known artists of the northern european renaissance, is best known for his beautiful engravings and religious paintings. A guide to research artist resource manuals series by jane campbell hutchison. Albrecht durer four books on human proportion the met. The collection of reproductions of durer s work, and that of contemporaries that. The first book was mainly composed by 1512 and completed.
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