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Dürer is the greatest of German artists and most representative of the German mind. He, like Leonardo, was a man of striking physical attractiveness, great charm of manner and conversation, and mental accomplishment, being well grounded in the sciences and mathematics of the day. His skill in draughtsmanship was extraordinary; Dürer is even more celebrated for his engravings on wood and copper than for his paintings. With both, the skill of his hand was at the service of the most minute observation and analytical research into the character and structure of form. Dürer, however, had not the feeling for abstract beauty and ideal grace that Leonardo possessed; but instead, a profound earnestness, a closer interest in humanity, and a more dramatic invention. Dürer was a great admirer of Luther; and in his own work is the equivalent of what was mighty in the Reformer. It is very serious and sincere; very human, and addressed the hearts and understanding of the masses. Nuremberg, his hometown, had become a great centre of printing and the chief distributor of books throughout Europe. Consequently, the art of engraving upon wood and copper, which may be called the pictorial branch of printing, was much encouraged. Of this opportunity Dürer took full advantage. The Renaissance in Germany was more a moral and intellectual than an artistic movement, partly due to northern conditions. The feeling for ideal grace and beauty is fostered by the study of the human form, and this had been flourishing predominantly in southern Europe. But Albrecht Dürer had a genius too powerful to be conquered. He remained profoundly Germanic in his stormy penchant for drama, as was his contemporary Mathias Grünewald, a fantastic visionary and rebel against all Italian seductions. Dürer, in spite of all his tense energy, dominated conflicting passions by a sovereign and speculative intelligence comparable with that of Leonardo. He, too, was on the border of two worlds, that of the Gothic age and that of the modern age, and on the border of two arts, being an engraver and draughtsman rather than a painter.
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Table of contents
11. Self-Portrait, c.1493.
2Introduction
33. Warrior, c.1489.
44. Death of Orpheus, c.1494.
55. A Young Couple, 1492.
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66. Christ on Mount Olive, c.1515.
7Dürer’s Life
88. Two Stems of the Wild Peony,
99. Water Mill, c.1498.
1010. A Quarry,
1111. Pond in the Woods,
1212. View from Nuremberg, c.1492
1313. The Foot Bridge by the Gate to the Covered Market of Nuremberg, c.1496-1512.
1414. Three Lime Trees in a Meadow, c.1526.
1515. Fir Tree, 1495-1497.
1616. House by a Pond, c.1496.
1717. Tuft of Cowslips, c.1526.
1818. The Large Turf, c.1503.
1919. Steep Coast, 1496-1497.
2020. View of the Valley d’Arco, c.1502.
2121. Portrait of the Artist, 1500.
2222. Portrait of Oswald Krell, c.1499.
2323. Self-Portrait of the Artist (with Landscape),
2424. Portrait of Elspeth Tucher, c.1499.
2525. Portrait of a Young Woman, c.1505.
2626. Heraldic Emblems, c.1499.
2727. Madonna with Child, c.1498.
2828. Virgin with a Serin, c.1506.
2929. Madonna of the Pear, c.1526.
3030. Madonna of the Pink, 1516.
3131. The Virgin, the Child, and St. Anne, c.1519.
32The Painter
3333. Adoration of the Magi, 1504.
3434. The Feast of Rose Garlands, 1506.
3535. The Twelve year old Jesus among the Scribes, c.1506.
3636. Portrait of a Nobleman, c.1524.
3737. Emperor Maximilian I on Green Background, c.1519.
3838. Erasmus of Rotterdam, 1526.
3939. Hieronymus Holzschuher, c.1526.
4040. Portrait of a Young Woman, c.1506.
4141. Jakob Muffel, c.1526.
4242. Portrait of Dürer’s Father, 1484.
43The Woodcuts
4444. Adam and Eve, 1507.
4545. The Four Apostles, c.1526.
4646. Head of a Bearded Old Man with a Cap,
4747. Three Studies of a Helmet, c.1514.
4848. Loth and His Family fleeing Sodoma, c.1494-1497.
4949. The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand, c.1508.
5050. All Saints (Landau Altar), c.1508-1511.
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