History of Art: Gothic Art- Albrecht Durer

Gothic Era

Albrecht Durer

GRAPHICS

		Gothic Art Map
		Exploration: Albrecht Durer
		Formative Years: The First Journeys, 1483-1494
		First Trip to Italy, 1494-1495
		Durer's Workshop in Nuremberg, 1495-1505
		Second Trip to Italy, 1505-1507
		Nuremberg, 1507-1520
		Journey to the Netherlands, 1520-1521
		Final Years in Nuremberg, 1521-1528
		The Self-Portraits
		Conclusion
		Chronological Table

		GRAPHICS
		Exploration: Gothic Era (Gothic and Early Renaissance)

Albrecht Durer

(b Nuremberg, 21 May 1471; d Nuremberg, 6 April 1528). Painter, draughtsman, printmaker and writer. Now considered by many scholars the greatest of all German artists, he not only executed paintings and drawings of the highest quality but also made a major contribution to the development of printmaking, especially engraving, and to the study of anthropometry.

The Revelation of St John

The Revelation of St John: Title page to the edition of 1498
1497-98
Woodcut
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe

The Revelation of St John: Title page to the second Latin Edition of 1511
1497-98
Woodcut
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe

The Revelation of St John: 1. The Martyrdom of St John the Evangelist
1497-98
Woodcut
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe

The Revelation of St John: 2. St John's Vision of Christ and the Seven Candlesticks
1497-98
Woodcut
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe

The Revelation of St John: 3. St John and the Twenty-four Elders in Heaven
1497-98
Woodcut
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe

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