The Complete Woodcuts of Albrecht Drer
By (Author) Albrecht Drer
Dover Publications Inc.
Dover Publications Inc.
1st February 2000
1st February 2000
United States
General
Non Fiction
769
Paperback
285
Width 217mm, Height 312mm, Spine 14mm
750g
Old Testament, St. Jerome, Passion, Life of Virgin, Apocalypse, 346 in all. Introduction by Campbell Dodgson. "It was in woodcut design that the creative genius of Durer reached its highest expression ...the only available source for many of these works." - Antique Monthly.
Regarded as the greatest of the German Renaissance artists, Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) created a vast body of work that ranges from altarpieces to copper engravings and portraits. Painter, printer, draughtsman, and art theorist, he remains best known for his woodcuts.