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The Essential Dürer
About this book
Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), perhaps the most famous of all German artists, embodies the modern ideal of the Renaissance man—he was a remarkable painter, printmaker, draftsman, designer, theoretician, and even a poet. More is known about his thoughts and his life than about any other Northern European master of his time, since he wrote extensively about himself, his family's history, his travels, and his friends. His woodcuts and engravings were avidly collected and copied across Europe, and they quickly established his reputation as a master. Praised in life and elegized in death by such thinkers as Martin Luther and Erasmus, he served Emperor Maximilian and other leading church and secular princes in the Holy Roman Empire.Although there is a vast specialized literature on the Nuremberg master, The Essential Dürer fills the need for a foundational book that covers the major aspects of his career. The essays included in this book, written by leading scholars from the United States and Germany, provide an accessible, up-to-date examination of Dürer's art and person as well as his posthumous fame. The essays address an array of topics, from separate and detailed studies of his paintings, drawings, printmaking, and sculpture, to broader concerns such as his visits to and interactions with Venice and the Netherlands, his personal relationships, and his relationships with other artists. Collectively these stimulating essays explore the brilliance of Dürer's creativity and the impact he had on his world, exposing him as an artist fully engaged with the tumultuous intellectual and religious challenges of his time.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- 1. Dürer—Man, Media, and Myths
- 2. Dürer’s Drawings
- 3. Dürer and the High Art of Printmaking
- 4. Dürer as Painter
- 5. Dürer and Sculpture
- 6. Dürer and Venice
- 7. The Artist, His Horse, a Print, and Its Audience: Producing and Viewing the Ideal in Dürer’s Knight, Death, and the Devil (1513)
- 8. Civic Courtship: Albrecht Dürer, the Saxon Duke, and the Emperor
- 9. Dürer and the Netherlands: Patterns of Exchange and Mutual Admiration
- 10. Agony in the Garden: Dürer’s "Crisis of the Image"
- 11. Albrecht Dürer between Agnes Frey and Willibald Pirckheimer
- 12. Impossible Distance: Past and Present in the Study of Dürer and Grünewald
- Notes
- Short Bibliography
- List of Contributors
- Index