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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German artist and theorist (1471-1528)
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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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has secured his reputation as one of the most important figures of the Northern Renaissance
- Works Created: Rhinoceros
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Adam and Eve is the title of two famous works in different media by Albrecht Durer, 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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