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About this book
Regarded as the greatest of the German Renaissance artists, Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) created a vast body of work that ranges from altarpieces to copper engravings and portraits. Painter, printer, draughtsman, and art theorist, he remains most famous for his woodcuts.
Dürer's primary patron from 1512 onward was the Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Germans, Maximilian I. Among other commissions, the artist drew these 45 pages of marginal drawings for the monarch's prayer book. Dürer's playful sketches of angels, saints, dragons, musicians, and cherubs reveal a lighthearted and witty side to an artist better known for his more sober visions. These prayer book drawings remained unknown until their 1808 facsimile publication. This volume is the only edition of these images currently in print, and it features eight additional drawings by other artists as well.
Dürer's primary patron from 1512 onward was the Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Germans, Maximilian I. Among other commissions, the artist drew these 45 pages of marginal drawings for the monarch's prayer book. Dürer's playful sketches of angels, saints, dragons, musicians, and cherubs reveal a lighthearted and witty side to an artist better known for his more sober visions. These prayer book drawings remained unknown until their 1808 facsimile publication. This volume is the only edition of these images currently in print, and it features eight additional drawings by other artists as well.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- 1. BAGPIPER AND MONKEY
- 2. SAINT BARBARA WITH CHALICE AND PALM BRANCH
- 3. SAINT SEBASTIAN
- 4. SAINT GEORGE ON FOOT
- 5. A SICK DOCTOR WITH A URINE GLASS
- 6. CHRIST WITH ROD AND WHIP
- 7. KNIGHT AND DEATH
- 8. BENEFACTOR AND BEGGAR
- 9. HELL AND SALVATION
- 10. KING DAVID PLAYING THE HARP
- 11. UNICORN AND STORK
- 12. MARY AND SAINT JOHN
- 13. LINE DRAWING
- 14. CANDELABRA, HELD BY TWO CHERUBS
- 15. THE TRINITY
- 16. SAINT GEORGE ON HORSEBACK
- 17. SAINT APOLLONIA AND A HERON
- 18. SAINT MATTHIAS AND THE TEMPTATION
- 19. SAINT ANDREAS WITH A STAG
- 20. SAINT MAXIMILIAN AND A BULL
- 21. CHRIST AND PRIDE
- 22. THE BATTLE AND AN ANGEL WITH A BOOK
- 23. THE BATTLE AND AN ANGEL WITH A CENSER
- 24. THE ARREST OF CHRIST. MARY
- 25. PIKEMAN. FOX LURING CHICKENS
- 26. MARY, THE CHOSEN ONE
- 27. THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE VIRGIN MARY
- 28. DRAGON, KNIGHT, AND DEATH
- 29. HERMIT AND BAGPIPER; LION FIGHTING WITH AN INSECT
- 30. HERCULES FIGHTING THE HARPIES
- 31. AN INDIAN WARRIOR
- 32. ARAB WITH A CAMEL
- 33. A SLEEPING MAN
- 34. BAPTISMAL FONT AND A HANGED FAUN
- 35. HERCULES AND A DRUNKARD
- 36. A PIKEMAN AND A SLEEPING WOMAN
- 37. A GROUP OF MUSICIANS
- 38. MARY PRAYING
- 39. A HOUSEKEEPER COMING FROM THE MARKET
- 40. A PRAYING ANGEL AND BACCHUS
- 41. ARABESQUE, PILLAR WITH A ROOSTER
- 42. SAINT AUGUSTINE. THE CHRIST CHILD ON A DONKEY
- 43. A PRAYING ANGEL AND TWO FIGHTERS
- 44. CHERUBS AND VEIL
- 45. SCHAWNBLOWER AND TWO DANCING COUPLES
- 46. STORK’S NEST AND STAGS
- 47. STAGS AND MONKEYS
- 48. ORNAMENT, STAG AND DEER
- 49. THE SIBYL RIDING AND FOUR STAGS
- 50. CHRIST AND FIGHTING STAGS
- 51. ANGEL HEADS AND LANDSCAPE
- 52. FOUR STORKS
- 53. CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN MARY AND A GROUP OF APOSTLES