Albrecht Durer‚ born on May 21‚ 1471 in Nuremberg‚ Germany‚ was a man of pure‚ noble character. Durer‚ the second son of his parents Albrecht Durer the Elder and Barbara Holper‚ was known as the “northern renaissance man.” Albrecht was not only an artist‚ printmaker‚ and theorist‚ but also a man of high moral standard. Durer’s uncanny talent in woodworking helped him to spread his reputation through not only his home country of Germany‚ but across all of Europe as well. His hard working and charismatic
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size‚ scale‚ and texture to create an almost scientific realism that would not be out of place in biology textbooks. Durer uses space in the piece to create a sense of closing in around the knight with all of the darkest parts being immediately around the horse and rider. The only open space‚ or escape‚ is the sky above and behind the knight and he is not
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Albrecht Durer was a man of Northern Renaissance who established his reputation across Europe in the 16th century. Durer has secured his reputation until today and has been conventionally regarded as one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance in Northern Europe. He is still very much discussed among artists and many art historians and for the people who do not have any interests in art even knows some of his art works. Durer’s works are extensively analyzed and interpreted but traditional art
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the etching Ritter‚ Tod und Teufel (1513) by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) - PA.] WALTER HEYMANN (1882-1915) Translated by Peter Appelbaum WALTER HEYMANN (1882-1915) Translated by Peter Appelbaum A strong brave knight must always ride With Death and Devil by his side. The Devil is his lancer man Sticking the soft parts when he can. Title: Knight‚ Death and Devil The Christian knight in a northern forest Artist: Albrecht Dürer Germany‚ signed and dated AD 1513 Style:
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A supremely gifted and versatile German artist of the Renaissance period‚ Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) was born in the Franconian city of Nuremberg‚ one of the strongest artistic and commercial centers in Europe during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. He was a brilliant painter‚ draftsman‚ and writer‚ though his first and probably greatest artistic impact was in the medium of printmaking. Dürer apprenticed with his father‚ who was a goldsmith‚ and with the local painter Michael Wolgemut‚ whose
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The Praying Hands It was about 1490 that 19 year-old Albrecht Durer and another young man slightly older served as apprentices in a wood carving establishment in Nuremberg‚ Germany. Both men came from homes of poverty‚ so they shared a room to save expenses as they pursued their common ambition to become a master artist. Frustrated by their lack of money‚ they hit on a plan ---- one would study while the other worked supported both of them‚ then the other would study while the first worked. Each
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The name of the artist is Albrecht Durer. The artwork piece is an engraved carving. It is called “Knight‚ Death and The Devil”. It was created in 1513. Objects I observed in this artwork consist of a dog‚ a knight on a horse‚ a horned goat‚ dead trees‚ a lizard‚ a castle‚ an hourglass and death. The only colors I see are dark charcoal color and white. The overall mood of the work is dark and dreary. The way the artist used the dark colors against the white made the carving stand
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more possibilities. Art of Venice (two questions) Titian Giorgione Palladio (Villa Rotonda only) El Greco (Laocoon [National Gallery‚ DC] and View of Toledo [Met]‚ see Met essay on El Greco) Northern Renaissance (two questions) Albrecht Durer Pieter Bruegel the elder (Return of the Hunters and The Harvesters – at the Met) Hans Holbein the Younger Baroque (four questions) Rubens (excluding the “Allegory of Sight”) (see Smarthistory and Met essay on Rubens and Van Dyke)
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in Durer’s engraving of the knight‚ the devil and death to symbolically convey a philosophy of life using powerful poetic devices? ‘The knight‚ Death and the Devil’ poem written by Randall Jarrell‚ based on the engraving by German artist ‘Albert Durer’ depicting a valiant knight‚ on horseback treading along the path of life. A path beset on all sides by many obstacles‚ and the dark forces ranged against the knight in his journey. Created in 1513‚ Durer’s engraving’s key characters include a Knight
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John White who was a colonist and artist sailed to the shore of North Carolina with Richard Grenville in 1585. He served as mapmaker and artist during this journey. As he traveled‚ he completed a number of watercolor drawings of native people and the landscapes. White’s watercolors soon caught a widespread reaction of interest of people in Europe. Later‚ watercolors were engraved by a Flemish engraver Theodor de Bry and published in 1590. Comparing John White’s original work and De Bry’s work‚ depiction
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