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

by Ormiston, Rosalind

• ISBN13: 9780754835547
• ISBN10: 0754835545
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2025-03-01
• Publisher: Anness
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Summary

Albrecht Dürer (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 his work (or many forgeries of it) for another half century. This glorious and comprehensive volume is both a fascinating, detailed biography of his life and a comprehensive gallery of his work.

Author Biography

Rosalind Ormiston is an independent art historian, a lecturer and author with a wide range of interests in art, architecture and design history. A visiting lecturer at Kingston University, London, her publications include titles on Hans Holbein, Rembrandt, Michelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci.