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Published on Nov 18, 2015

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alBRECHT DURER

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BIOGRAPHY

  • Born in Franconia city of Nuremberg
  • Born on the 21st of May 1471
  • He traveled back and forth from Franconia and Italy
  • Died on April 6 1528
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OCCUPATION

  • Painter for patrons
  • Engraver for patrons
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ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Oil painting of Adam and Eve (background) religious painting based on human body
  • 18 engravings of apocalypse cycle most interesting was the four horsemen of the apocolypse
  • Had many patrons: Fredrick the wise was his main patron made many painting for him
  • Did and self portrait of Fredrick the wise
  • Fredrick had durer paint several other altarpiecesThat are very famous
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MAJOR EVENTS

  • Painter/engraver during Renaissance
  • Part of the reformation
  • Innovations cultural and religious
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RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

  • Durer expressed religion through his paintings
  • Showing how he is Christian
  • Painting Jesus on a cross
  • Having everyone admiring him
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QUOTES

  • "WHAT BEAUTY IS, I KNOW NOT, THOUGH ADHERES TO MANY THINGS"
  • "Why has god given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing"
  • "The artist is chosen by god to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion"
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HUMANISM

  • First northern artist to change art from medieval to the new concerns in the renaissance
  • Painted about religion but included renaissance features like :
  • Colors, perspective, and focused a lot on people
  • Went from painting about all god and religion and just acting about going to heaven
  • To painting about the human body and life on earth including all of the features above
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CITATIONS

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CITATION CONTINUED

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MODERN WORLD

  • Invented engravings that are Still used today
  • Paintings are still shown today like his:
  • Adam and Eve
  • By him inventing engraving it's now very easy to copy anything

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