Albrecht Dürer

Albrecht Durer was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist during the Northern Renaissance. He became famous in his twenties for his works. His more famous artistic works include his Self-Portrait made in 1500, which features himself, but to art historian’s beliefs he also resembles a Christ-like appearance. The portrait may not actually appear to be his real identity, but of a more idealized version. Through his own techniques and the embodiment of Jesus Christ, he created a portrait that many would come to admire and theorize themselves. As a painter, Albrecht Durer’s more famous artworks include: Self-Portrait (1500), The Feast of the Rose Garlands (1506), and Four Apostles (1526). As a printmaker, Durer made many woodcuttings about…

chose to write about is Mr. Albrecht Durer who was born May 21st, 1471 in Nuremburg, Germany, one of the strongest artistic and commercial centers in Europe during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. His Parents were Barbara Holper and Albrecht Durer senior who was a known goldsmith, at the age of thirteen Durer began to apprentice under his father. The apprenticeship lasted two years before he left to pursue painting. He began to apprentice under Michael Wolgemut, one of the best known…

they seem fit. On the other end of the spectrum, there are those that are fine with their untouched appearances and show great amounts of confidence when out in public. In the days of the Renaissance era, the artist Albrecht Durer captures this latter idea of self-confidence in his work Self-Portrait, finished in the year 1500. Durer’s Self-Portrait is an intimidating piece of artwork, with respect to the background and appearance of Durer himself. First, the background of Durer’s Self-Portrait…

Albrecht Durer was a creative genius that had skillfulness which was nearly unparalleled in his time, and that still holds true some five hundred years later. While the image produced by Albrecht Durer, St. Eustace is small in size it is huge in skill. The image has such realistic texture and detail that it is almost hard to look away from the skill exhibited and needed to create such a complicated and beautiful image. Not only do I want to talk about Durer himself, I want to talk about what the…

Albrecht Durer is considered to be one a master of the Northern Renaissance as well as possibly being the greatest engraver of all time. All this reverence is well-deserved though, as he is one of the few artists at the time to successfully integrate the stylistic components typical of both the Northern and Italian Renaissance. Durer was born in Nuremberg and was of German-Netherlandish descent (Sayre 257-8). He traveled to Italy twice in his lifetime, once from 1494-1495 and again from…

Image Analysis “And then I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud,” an engraving etched by Albrecht Dürer in 1498, depicts an angel, covered in a cloud, descending from the heavens, with one pillar-like foot on the land and one on the sea. The angel is almost comically shoving a scroll into the mouth of a man sitting on shore. Behind the angel in the ocean, there is a sea monster, two geese, and a few boats. The angel has one hand on the book and one pointing…

Albrecht Durer was a German painter born on May 21, 1471, and died on April 6, 1528. Not only was Durer a painter, he was an engraver, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist from Nuremberg. Durer would make high-quality woodcuts that eventually advanced his career and influence across the European world. This was all done in his twenties! He was even considered the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance. Durer’s work mostly revolves around altarpieces, religious works, portraits,…

Durer was a masterful German artist in the Renaissance era. His precocious talents lead him to become one of the art histories most prominent artists. While Durer has been compared to the Italian master Leonardo de Vinci because of their similar interests in naturalism and environmental perceptions, Durer differed by being able to spread awareness of himself and his work across Europe. Adventuring out as a young gifted apprentice, Durer traveled abroad advancing his gifts, while leaving a…

Renaissance art was undoubtedly the artist by the name Albrecht Dürer. Albrecht was born in the city of Nuremberg, Germany in the late fifteenth century. The city of Nuremberg also happened to be one of the biggest artistic hubs in Europe during the time of the Renaissance. Albrecht grew up working as a goldsmith following in the footsteps of his father, but he was said to have had a few local artists that he looked up to while growing up. Because of these influences, Albrecht fell in love with…

The artworks in this discussion are Au Natural by Sarah Lucas and Praying Hands by Albrecht Dürer. Au Natural is a composition of an old mattress, with a water bucket, a cucumber, two oranges and two melons in a space like a room or gallery. The objects are depicting male and female private parts, where the female body part is on the left hand-side and male body part is located on the right. The old mattress used has some grooves on it and some holes were made to hold the melons. Meanwhile, the…