Albrecht Durer: His Life and Works: An Illustrated Exploration of the Artist and His Context, with a Gallery of His Paintings and Drawings

by Rosalind Ormiston

Albrecht D rer (1471-1528), Renaissance genius - artist, poet, writer, and theorist - was acknowledged across Europe. He was praised as the Apelles Germaniae ('German Apelles'), honoured by noble patronage, commissioned by the Elector of Saxony, Frederick the Wise and Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. He worked in many mediums - woodcut, etching, and engraving, drawing, watercolour and oil painting and after his death there was a mania for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754835545
• ISBN13: 9780754835547
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Lorenz Books
• Length: 256 Pages