Albrecht Dürer and the Embodiment of Genius: Decorating Museums in the Nineteenth Century

by Jeffrey Chipps Smith

During the nineteenth century, Albrecht D rer's art, piety, and personal character were held up as models to inspire contemporary artists and--it was hoped--to return Germany to international artistic eminence. In this book, Jeffrey Chipps Smith explores D rer's complex posthumous reception during the great century of museum building in Europe, with a particular focus on the artist's role as a creative and moral exemplar for German artists and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271085940
• ISBN13: 9780271085944
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.3" x 10.2"