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michaela Edwards

Published on Jan 19, 2016

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by Michaela Edwards

Knight Death and the Devil
he did this engraving when he served the emperor Maximilian
he engraved this and completed it in 1513 A.D. made while he lived in Nuremberg
the engraving is focused on the knight in the middle who is holding spears
there is a skeleton man in the back on a pale horse the Knight is accompanied by a dog
This engraving is important for this time period because it is one of the first engravings with such a detailed background.
In the background there are trees and an animal man, a pale horse being rode by a man with very little skin and mostly bones showing.

The Knight Death and the Devil is humanist because
the Knight that it is all based on is holding spears which is a sign of being heroic
he is fearless because he is passing by the "devil" and he isn't scared

Albrecht Dürer was the first non-Italian to put humanistic concepts into his art.
In 1498 Albrecht Dürer created his second self portrait which was a turning point for his art.
"As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art."
This quote from Albrecht Dürer shows that he lives in his work and that is what he cares about, and not only about getting to heaven
He focused on how nature looks and how it is formed
With Albrecht Dürer he was able to travel to Italy and understand how they painted and he showed people when he came back what they were doing and how to incorporate it into their own art.

If we were to go out and get a piece of jewelry with our names engraved in it
Albrecht was one of the first men to do engravings
Albrecht also helped spread perspective and humanistic ways to paint and add it to his own paintings.