Albrecht Durer was a German painter, printmaker and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Durer established his reputation and influence across Europe in his twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints; he was in contact with major Italian artists of his time, including Raphael, Giovanni Bellini and Leonardo da Vinci, and from 1512 was patronized by Emperor Maximilian I.
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Durer used dense cross-hatching to model form and tone in his engravings and woodcuts.
Durer is among the most celebrated engravers in Western art, as in Knight, Death and the Devil and Melencolia I.
Durer made extensive silverpoint drawings early in his career.
Durer raised the woodcut to a major art form, as in his Rhinoceros print.
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Engraved by Albrecht Durer, 1504.
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Engraved by Albrecht Durer, 1514.
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a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance
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Albrecht Dürer ( DURE-ər, German: [ˈalbʁɛçt ˈdyːʁɐ]; 21 May 1471 - 6 April 1528), sometimes spelled in English as Durer or Duerer, was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance.
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Though his father wanted him to continue his training as a goldsmith, he showed such a precocious talent in drawing that he was allowed to start as an apprentice to Michael Wolgemut at the age of fifteen in 1486.
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has secured his reputation as one of the most important figures of the Northern Renaissance
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Albrecht Dürer ( DURE-ər, German: [ˈalbʁɛçt ˈdyːʁɐ]; 21 May 1471-6 April 1528), sometimes spelled in English as Durer or Duerer, was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance.
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Albrecht Dürer ( DURE-ər, German: [ˈalbʁɛçt ˈdyːʁɐ]; 21 May 1471-6 April 1528), sometimes spelled in English as Durer or Duerer, was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer
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Adam and Eve is the title of two famous works in different media by Albrecht Dürer, a German artist of the Northern Renaissance: an engraving made in 1504, and a pair of oil-on-panel paintings completed in 1507.
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Heller Altarpiece (Wikipedia)
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