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this book
Thisseriespresentsboth
thelifeandworksofeach
artistwithinthecultural,
social,andpoliticalcontext
oftheirtime.Tomakethe 1471 -1499
bookseasytoconsult,they
aredivided intothreeareas 8 Afamilyof 34 Betweennarcissism
whichareidentifiableby emigrants andmelancholy
sidebandsofdifferent Nuremberg's 36 VeitStossandthe
colors:yellowforthepages "goldenage" early16thcentury
devotedtothelifeand 2 Durertheapprentice: inNuremberg
worksoftheartist,light fromgoldwork 38 Stylisticdevelopment
blueforthehistoricaland topainting 40 PaumgartnerAltarpiece
culturalbackground,and 4 Germanartattheend 42 Thedeathof
pinkfortheanalysisof ofthe 15thcentury his fatherand
majorworks.Eachspread 6 Ajourneythrough Durersnew
focusesonaspecifictheme, earlyRenaissanceart responsibilities
withan introductorytext 8 Family,friends, 44 ThemythofVenice
andseveralannotated andcharacter 46 Thestudyof
illustrations.Theindex 20 GiovanniBellini perspectiveand
section isalso illustrated andGiorgione Italianhumanism
andgivesbackground 22 Earlyengravingsand 48 Merchantsand
informationon keyfigures thehumanistcall intellectualsin
andthelocationofthe 24 The FourHorsemen ItalyandGermany
artist'sworks. oftheApocalypse 50 RoseGarlandAltarpiece
26 FrederickofSaxony, 52 Theconflictbetween
On page2:Durer,Self- the firstpatron beautyandtime
portraitinaFur-Collared 28 Theportraits 54 AdamandEve
Robe, 1500,Alte 30 The HallerMadonna 56 Contemplating
Pinakothek,Munich. theworldof
nature:an
encyclopedicmind
58 TheVisionof
StEustace
60 Theexampleof
LeonardodaVinci
62 TheGreatPieceofTurf
66 Wealthand 102 ErasmusofRotterdam 134 Indexofplaces
socialobligations andMelanchthon 138 Indexofpeople
68 ThecourtofMaximilian 104 StJeromeinMeditation
ofHapsburg 106 Thecoronation
70 Portraitofthe ofCharlesV
EmperorMaximilian I 108 ThejourneytoHolland
72 Paintersand 110 Pupils,imitators,
humanistsatAugsburg andfollowers
74 Newexpressive 112 TheReformation
forms:illumination 114 Thepeasantrevolt
andsculpture 116 Theattitudeof
76 Thealpine anintellectual
watercolors aristocrat
78 Altdorfer:the 118 Portraitof
wondersofnature Johannes Kelberger
80 Officialduties:the 120 Thetheoryofthe
decorationofthe "fourhumors"
Hallofthe Insignia 122 The FourApostles
82 AdorationoftheTrinity 124 Thetreatises
84 JakobFuggerandthe 126 Theidealofa
cityofAugsburg perfectbeauty
86 Madonnas 128 TheRenaissance,
88 Theplagueand aseasonbriefly
theTurkishthreat: interrupted
thecloudsgather 130 Deathandlegacy
90 MelencoliaI
92 Engravedand
paintedportraits
94 Thedevelopment
ofartin
southernGermany
96 Theadmiration
forintelligence
andtranquillity
98 StJeromein
hisStudy
The goldsmith's son
makes good
•
1471 - 1499
A
family of
emigrants
A,
lbrecht Diirer
was one of the greatest of all German
artists and a principal thinker of the
Renaissance. His art dominated the
European cultural scene during the first
decades ofthe 16thcentury.Always atthe
forefront of intellectual debate and
consorting with artists and thinkers,
princesandemperors,hewasakeyplayer
in the major historical events ofhis time.
Weknowagreatdealabouthim,thanks to
the ample documentation of the day and to the master's own Durer,Portraitofhis
diaries and notes. His father, also named Albrecht, was MotherBarbaraHolper,
1490,Schlossmuseum,
descended from a family of Hungarian goldsmiths. In 1455 Weimar.Thisportraitof
Albrecht the Elder moved to Nuremberg,where he adopted the hismotherisprobably
surname Diirer and found employment in the workshop of the oneofDurer'searliest
gold- and silversmith Hyeronimus Holper. In 1467, aged 40, he paintings,although its
married Holper's daughter Barbara.After more than 10years he attribution isdoubtful.
becamemoreorlessestablishedinoneofthemostthrivingcities
inEuropeandwasintheverybusinesswhichwasatthecenterof Durer, Viewof
the economyand exports: theworking ofprized metals to make Nurembergfromthe
precious objects or scientific instruments. In 1468Albrecht the West, 1497,formerly
Elder was granted membership of the goldsmiths' guild and Kunsthalle,Bremen.
Thissplendidwatercolor
opened his ownworkshop. On May21, 1471 his sonAlbrechtwas showsDurer'sfeeling
born, thethirdof 18children. forlandscape.
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