Albrecht Durer: Man of the Renaissance Intelligently Created By: Corynne and Paul
Feb 18, 2016
Albrecht Durer:Man of the Renaissance
Intelligently Created By:Corynne and Paul
Albrecht Durer
Durer painted his own self portrait!
Life• Born on May 21, 1471: Nuremburg,
Germany• Died on April 6, 1528• 1 of 18 Children (the second-born)• Brother Hans Durer was also famous • Stayed with the family of well-
regarded Painter/Engraver (helped him get his start)
• Married to Agnes Frey
Durer Family Tree
*Hans Durer
Albrecht Durer
Father
Barbara Durer
Mother*Albrecht DurerSibling
1 Sibling 3
Sibling 4
Sibling 5
Sibling 6 Sibling 7Sibling 8
Sibling 9
Sibling 10
Sibling 11Sibling
13Sibling 14
Sibling 15
Sibling 16
Sibling 17
*Sibling 18The Last
One!FINALLY!
* The only truly important people in this slide. Otherwise it’s just background.
Durer’s Most Famous Works
Include:
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The four horsemen are found in the Bible: Revelation Ch. 6: 1-8
*Antichrist*Warfare*Great Famine*Disease and Death
Dated: 1497/1498
The Knight Death and the Devil
Dated: 1513
One engraving of three in the series Meistersiche
Corresponds to the three main virtues of society: intellectual, theological, and social.
Impact on the Renaissance • Let Renaissance and Germanic form
inspire him• Incorporated religion into most of his
artwork• Was not a secular writer (secular is
worldly; he was more spiritual)• Italy = Realism and Perspective• Oil Paints: new form
Hands
Hand Study with Bible
St.Michael and his Angels Fight the Dragon