Great Woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer,9780486434018

Great Woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer

by Durer, Albrecht; Grafton, Carol Belanger
ISBN13: 9780486434018
ISBN10: 048643401X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2016-04-20
Publisher(s): Dover Publications
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Summary

This modestly priced edition offers an ideal introduction to Duuml;rer's work, comprising images both sacred and secular. Scenes from the lives of Jesus and the saints and episodes from the Old Testament appear alongside a variety of subjects. The 85 black-and-white illustrations feature brief captions with basic information regarding titles and dates.

Author Biography

Regarded as the greatest of the German Renaissance artists, Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) created a vast body of work that ranges from altar pieces to copper engravings and portraits. Painter, printer, draughtsman, and art theorist, he remains best known for his woodcuts.

Table of Contents

Durer's Coat of Arms, 1523
Lamentation for the Dead Christ
1(1)
Crucifixion
2(1)
Martyrdom of S. Sebastian
3(1)
S. Christopher
4(1)
Head for the Purpose of the Study of Phrenology
4(1)
The Albertina Passion
Crucifixion
5(1)
The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand Christians
6(1)
Hercules
7(1)
The Knight and the Landsknecht
8(1)
The Men's Bath
9(1)
The Martyrdom of S. Catherine
10(1)
Samson Killing the Lion
11(1)
The Holy Family with Three Hares
12(1)
The Revelation of S. John (Apocalypse)
The Martyrdom of S. John the Evangelist
13(1)
The Four Riders of the Apocalypse
14(1)
The Opening of the Fifth and Sixth Seals, the Distribution of White Garments Among the Martyrs and the Fall of the Stars
15(1)
S. John Devours the Book
16(1)
S. Michael Fighting the Dragon
17(1)
The Sea Monster and the Beast with the Lamb's Horns
18(1)
The Whore of Babylon
19(1)
The Angel with the Key Hurls the Dragon into the Abyss, and Another Angel Shows S. John the New Jerusalem
20(1)
Seven Woodcuts for The Great Passion
Christ on the Mount of Olives
21(1)
The Flagellation of Christ
22(1)
Christ Before the People
23(1)
Christ Bearing the Cross
24(1)
The Crucifixion
25(1)
The Lamentation for Christ
26(1)
The Entombment
27(1)
Saint Sebald on the Column
28(1)
Astronomer
29(1)
Nude Woman with the Zodiac
29(1)
The Life of the Virgin
The Angel Brings the Message to Joachim
30(1)
The Birth of Mary
31(1)
The Annunciation
32(1)
The Visitation
33(1)
The Adoration of the Magi
34(1)
The Flight into Egypt
35(1)
Repose on the Flight into Egypt
36(1)
Christ Taking Leave of His Mother
37(1)
Popular Pictures of Saints
Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata
38(1)
S. Stephen, S. Sixtus and S. Lawrence
39(1)
The Penitent
40(1)
The Beheading of St. John the Baptist
41(1)
Five Cuts to Complete the Great Passion
Title Page: The Mocking of Christ
42(1)
The Last Supper
43(1)
Christ Taken Captive
44(1)
Christ in Limbo
45(1)
The Resurrection of Christ
46(1)
The Adoration of the Magi
47(1)
The Small Passion
The Fall
48(1)
Expulsion from Paradise
48(1)
The Head of St. John the Baptist Brought to Herod
49(1)
Cain Kills Abel
49(1)
The Mass of St. Gregory
50(1)
The Trinity
51(1)
Saint Christopher
52(1)
St. Jerome in His Cell
53(1)
The Holy Family with Joachim and Anna
54(1)
The Holy Family with Saints and Angels
55(1)
The Triumphal Arch
View of the Entire Triumphal Arch
56(2)
Upper part of the middle gateway: the gateway of Honour and Might
58(1)
Part of the centre gateway in its original size
59(1)
Pedestal of the right hand middle column
60(1)
Base of the right hand middle column
61(1)
Top of the right hand middle column, above the capital and the ornamentation of the niche
62(1)
Inscription tablet with the stag's skin, from the uppermost section of the right wing
63(1)
The Betrothal of Maximilian with Mary of Burgundy
64(1)
The Betrothal of Archduke Philip with Joanna of Castile
64(1)
The Congress of Princes of Vienna
65(1)
The Meeting after the Battle of the Spurs
65(1)
The Sacred Coat of Trier
66(1)
Fourth set of the Busts of Emperors, left side
66(1)
Saint Coloman as a Pilgrim
67(1)
The Rhinoceros
68(1)
An Owl Fighting with Other Birds
69(1)
Illustration of Freydal
The Foreign Tournament
70(1)
The Masquerade
71(1)
The Virgin Crowned by Two Angels
72(1)
Saint Sebald in the Niche
73(1)
The Small Triumphal Car or the Burgundian Marriage
Victory Guiding the Triumphal Car
74(1)
The Great Triumphal Car
Back Part of the Imperial Car in Original Size
75(1)
Portrait of the Emperor Maximilian
76(1)
Coat of Arms with Three Lions' Heads
77(1)
Coat of Arms of Don Pedro Lasso
78(1)
Coat of Arms of the Empire and of the City of Nuremberg
79(1)
Portrait of Ulrich Varnbuhler
80(1)
Christ on the Cross with Three Angels
81(1)
The Last Supper
82(1)
Durer's Work About the Art of Measurement
A man drawing a lute
83(1)
A man drawing a can
84(1)
A man drawing a recumbent woman, in foreshortening through a frame with a network of squares
84(1)
An artist drawing a seated man on to a pane of glass through a sight-vane
85(1)
Portrait of Eobanus Hesse
85

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