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Albrecht Durer The first Northern Renaissance artist

Albrecht Durer The first Northern Renaissance artist. Matt Quinn Gabe Neely. Bio. Born May 21, 1471 in Nuremberg, Germany Died April 6, 1528 (Age 56) in Nuremberg, Germany Family came from Hungary. Knight Death and the Devil. The Devil represents temptations, immoral behavior, and desire.

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Albrecht Durer The first Northern Renaissance artist

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  1. Albrecht DurerThe first Northern Renaissance artist Matt Quinn Gabe Neely

  2. Bio Born May 21, 1471 in Nuremberg, Germany Died April 6, 1528 (Age 56) in Nuremberg, Germany Family came from Hungary

  3. Knight Death and the Devil • The Devil represents temptations, immoral behavior, and desire. • The knight looks forward away from the death and evil behind him. His Lance and armor show he is content and confident. • Dogs in the renaissance represented loyalty and watchfulness. • In particular this dog helps to show the night is loyal to his cause. • The path he is riding his horse on is supposed to be the ‘path of virtue’.

  4. Rhinoceros • Woodcut in 1515 • Depicts the rhino as having sheets of armor protecting its body • The image shows interest in animal art, he never saw a rhino in real life (explaining the armor)

  5. Melencolia I‘I engrave at the wall’ • Painted in 1502 • The Angel- The learner. • The Globe- The world is blank. To show we can transform the world and ourselves through what we learn. • The Comet- This is supposed to represent God. Distant, and unable to be captured. • The Dog- Lying between the comet and the globe. It represents faith lying between the spiritual and terrestrial worlds.

  6. Young Hare I • 1502 • Lightly sketched with brown watercolor over the sketching • Accurately depicts the hare in nature

  7. Adoration Of The Magi • Painted in 1504 from oil on wood • Considered one of his best and most important works of art • Uses linear perspective

  8. Why was Albrecht important to the Renaissance? • Durer is important to the renaissance because he is said to be the first (if not one of the first) Northern Renaissance artists. • He was the first Renaissance artist to use Watercolors, and Wood-carvings. • Also he introduced portraits and landscapes. Willow Mill- Begun in 1496 Completed 1498

  9. Artist’s Techniques Albrecht Durer specialized in relief prints and intaglios. From that he mastered in woodcutting, etching, and engraving. He was exceptional in using tools to carve and etch into sheets of metal and wood. For paintings he mainly used watercolors and vibrant oils.

  10. Bibliography http://www.albrecht-durer.org/ http://www.tengerresearch.com/learn/Melencolia_I.htm http://www.ivc.edu/academics/schoolFA/arthistory/Documents/art2526projects/durer/materialandprocesses.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/arts/design/albrecht-durer-master-drawings-watercolors-and-prints-at-the-national-gallery.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/albrecht-durer/willow-mill-1498

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