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Albrecht Dürer By Olivia

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ALBRECHT DÜRER

PRESENTED BY OLIVIA BOUCHER

ALBRECHT DÜRER

  • Born• May 21, 1471
  • Died• 1528 - 57 years old
  • Passed due to an undetected illness.
  • Lived and got famous in Nuremberg
  • Engraved, painted, mathatican, and a printmaker

KNIGHT, DEATH, AND THE DEVIL SYMBOLISM

  • Hour glass: transience of life
  • Foxtail: lies
  • Dog: truth and loyalty
  • Lizard: impending danger
  • Oak leaves: return from a successful hunt
  • Roots of trees: precarious of life

(SYMBOLISM)

This shows humanism by...
~ the knight wants to be famous
~ being famous would make him enjoy life in earth
~ famously living does not bring him to heaven

INSPIRATION

STRUCK BY TRAVELING TO SEE A LOT OF FAMOUS ART PIECES
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"No single man can be taken as a model for a perfect figure, for no man lives on earth on earth is endowed with the whole of beauty"
~Albrecht dürer

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This quote shows huManism by...
Telling you to be your own person, so you can make the best of your life on earth.

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"And since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach it's rudiments and principals to all youngsters eager for art"
~Albrecht dürer

This quote shows humanism by...
Albrecht teaching art instead of how to get to heaven

"The artist is chosen by god to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion"
~Albrecht dürer

This quote shows humanism by...
Telling us that god put us on earth to be our own person, and to change choices due to other's judgements makes it take even longer to make a humanist world

Modern art would not be the same it it weren't for artist like albrecht dürer
He set the bar high by introducing humanistic paintings

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