Dürer Albrecht

Engraving “St. John receives the book” Revelations “- this is an illustration to the 10th chapter of the book” Revelation “of John the Divine: “And I took the book from

With the merchant Oswald Krell, the artist was familiar before, but really saw him only when Krell appeared in his studio, wanting to order a portrait. Durer saw before him

Albrecht Durer wrote many self-portraits. On this artist depicted himself at the age of 22, when he returned from distant wanderings. Wanderings of apprentices who have completed the teaching, have

This “self-portrait” of Durer – a vivid evidence of his concern about the assertion of the social status of the artist. Carefully written details of the costume show us the

“Melancholy” – the second engraving in the famous series Three “Workshop engravings” on copper. Majestic, meditated winged Melancholy, appearing in a strange, troubled world. The engraving is extraordinarily complex. There

Technique wood engravings were invented in the Far East. In Europe, it began to be used in the 1420s. In Dürer’s time, wood engraving was used, first of all, to

Among the evangelical parables especially close and understandable to people was the parable of the prodigal son. “A certain man had two sons, and the younger of them said to

In a number of remarkable portraits, executed during the period from 1510 to 1520, Durer, as it were, sums up the long-term study of the human personality. After all the

Albrecht Durer portrayed the captivating-beautiful Adam and Eve. The ancestors were created in the image and likeness of God, he wrote with conviction in his diary, which means that their

“Madonna and Child” – one of the outstanding works of the famous master. In it, Albrecht Durer achieved perfect color harmony. On a red background a window and a landscape.

One of the most famous engravings of Durer – “Four Witches”. In the room, empty and cramped, like a stone bag, four naked women. They are differently turned to the

In the composition of the artist several events are combined, consistently described in the text: the reception of pipes by angels, the overturning of the censer with fire on the

“Portrait of a young girl with flowing hair” – an excellent work of a young artist. Art critics do not know the name of a lovely girl who stands with

The earliest signed engraving work of Durer is the engraving “Holy Family with a Grasshopper”. It is inscribed with its first monogram and dated about 1494 year. The earliest works

The altar of the “Seven Passions of Mary” once formed a whole and belonged to the church in Wittenberg. During the years of iconoclasm they were thrown out of the