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Albrecht Dürer 1471-1528 - The Genius of the German Renaissance
The prints of darkness
The art, theory, and woodcut print revolution of Albrecht Dürer
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Albrecht Dürer 1471-1528 - The Genius of the German Renaissance
The prints of darkness
The art, theory, and woodcut print revolution of Albrecht Dürer
A polymath of the German Renaissance, Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) was a prolific artist, theorist, and writer whose works explored everything from religion to art theory to philosophy. His vast body of work includes altarpieces, portraits, self-portraits, watercolors, and books, but is most celebrated for its astonishing collection of woodcut prints, which transformed printmaking from an artisan practice into a whole new art from.
Dürer's woodcuts astonish in scale as much as detail. Through work such as Apocalypse and Triumphal Arch for Emperor Maximilian I. The created dense, meticulous compositions that where much larger, much more finely cut, and far more complex than any earlier woodcut efforts. With an ambitious tonal and dynamic range, he introduced a new level of conceptual, emotional, and spiritual intensity. His two major woodcut series on Christ's Passion, named The Large Woodcut Passion and The Small Woodcut Passion after their size, are particularly remarkable for their vivid human treatment of the Christian narrative. In his copper engraving, Melancholia I., meanwhile, Dürer created a starling vision of emotional ennui, often citied as a defining early image of a depressive or melancholic state.
Ever inquisitive, Dürer absorbed ideas not only from masters and fellow artists in Germany but also from Italy, while his own influence extended across Europe for generations to come. In this essential introduction, we explore this pioneering figure's complex practice, his omnicorous intellect, and the key works which shaped his enduring legacy.
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