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Dürer

"Perhaps the greatest artist of the Northern European Renaissance, Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) was a pioneer both in his artworks and in his artistic professionalism. By the age of 24 he had a flourishing print-making business and his virtuoso woodcuts and engravings ensured his fame across Eu...

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Main Author: Smith, Jeffrey Chipps (Author)
Other Authors: Dürer, Albrecht (Illustrator)
Document Type: Book
Language:English
Published: London [u.a.] : Phaidon Press , 2012
Series:Art & ideas Renaissance to Rococo
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Author Notes:Jeffrey Chipps Smith
Table of Contents:
  • The young Dürer : his family and trainingDürer's "Wanderjahre" : the years 1490 to 1495
  • A master in Nuremberg : the foundations of fame
  • In the garden of Eden : becoming a knowledgeable artist
  • "Here I am a gentleman, at home only a parasite" : a return to Venice
  • Languages of faith : the rhetoric of engagement
  • Masterly prints : the Apelles of black lines
  • Graphic ambitions : in the service of the emperor
  • In search of a whale : the Netherlandish journey, 1520-1
  • Portraits of the soul : the quest for immortality
  • The portable Dürer : from artist to icon.