Albrecht Durer was a master in various media, but it was in woodcut design that his creative genius reached its highest expression. Here are all of his extant woodcuts, a collection of over 300 great works containing all the familiar cuts long treasured by the world's art lovers: the celebrated series on the Life of the Virgin, The Apocalypse of John (17 cuts), The Great Passion, St. Jerome in his Study, Samson Fighting the Lion, The Fall of Icarus, The Six Knots, The Men's Bath, St. Christopher, The Virgin in Glory, The Rhinoceros, The Last Supper of 1523, illustrations from Durer's "The...
Albrecht Durer was a master in various media, but it was in woodcut design that his creative genius reached its highest expression. Here are all of...
Albrecht Durer's 96 engravings, six etchings, and three dynamic drypoints are counted among his finest and best-known works. By the very nature of the medium, each fine line of an engraving is controlled by the artist and is dependent upon the pressure of the burin in his hand. In the engravings, Durer was therefore able to achieve an unprecedented intricacy of detail, subtlety of line, and three-dimensionality. All 105 of Durer's works in these three mediums are reproduced in this edition. Among them are his most famous works, -Knight, Death and Devil, - -Melencolia I, - and -St....
Albrecht Durer's 96 engravings, six etchings, and three dynamic drypoints are counted among his finest and best-known works. By the very nature of ...
A master of many media, Albrecht Durer (1471 1528) excelled in the art of woodcut design. This modestly priced edition, comprising images both sacred and secular, offers an ideal introduction to his work. Scenes from the lives of Jesus and the saints and episodes from the Old Testament appear alongside a variety of subjects, including a portrait of the Emperor Maximilian and Durer's coat of arms. The ninety-four black-and-white illustrations feature brief captions with basic information regarding titles and dates. Long treasured by the world's art lovers, these familiar and lesser-known...
A master of many media, Albrecht Durer (1471 1528) excelled in the art of woodcut design. This modestly priced edition, comprising images both sacred ...
Durers schriftliches Hauptwerk "Vier Bucher von menschlicher Proportion," 1528 in Nurnberg erschienen, gilt als eines der herausragenden Quellenwerke zur Kunst und Kunsttheorie der europaischen Renaissance. Dennoch blieb das Werk auer bloen Nachdrucken des Originals, samtlich ohne Einfuhrung, Ubersicht und Kommentar, bisher vollstandig ungesichtet und unerforscht. Die vorliegende Ausgabe umfasst neben der Wiedergabe des Originals dessen Ubertragung aus dem Fruhneuhochdeutschen in heutiges Deutsch. AUf die zusammenfassende Charakterisierung des Werks folgt eine Auswertung dessen, was Durer das...
Durers schriftliches Hauptwerk "Vier Bucher von menschlicher Proportion," 1528 in Nurnberg erschienen, gilt als eines der herausragenden Quellenwerke ...