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: 4. The Four Riders of the Apocalypse

1497-98
Woodcut
Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe
 
 
 
 

The Revelation of St John: 5. Opening the Fifth and Sixth Seals

1497-98
Woodcut
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe
 
 
 
 

The Revelation of St John: 6. Four Angels Staying the Winds and Signing the Chosen

1497-98
Woodcut
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe
 
 
 
 

The Revelation of St John: 7. The Seven Trumpets Are Given to the Angels

1497-98
Woodcut
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe