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Albrecht Durer's Life. Albrecht Durer Painter Lana De Guzman 9/9/2012. ALBRECHT DURER’S CHILDHOOD. Albrecht Durer’s parents were Albrecht Durer the elder [father] and Barbara Holper [mother]. He was a German painter.
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Albrecht Durer's Life Albrecht Durer Painter Lana De Guzman 9/9/2012
ALBRECHT DURER’S CHILDHOOD • Albrecht Durer’s parents were Albrecht Durer the elder [father] and Barbara Holper [mother]. • He was a German painter. • Albrecht Durer is also a printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist. • His woodcuts, such as the Apocalypse retain a more gothic flavour. • His water colors mark him one of the first landscape artists. Albrecht Durer’s Apocalypse Woodcuts
How Albrecht Durer Lived • Albrecht Durer was also good at drawing. • Albrecht Durer did not stay in Nuremberg. • He started early as an artist. • All his life he received important artistic stimuli. • He was a goldsmith by trade.
Where Albrecht Durer Moved • In 1494, he moved to Italy and he remained there until1495. • Albrecht Durer was a well educated man and experienced painter. • His prints established his reputation. • Albrecht Durer has been conventionally regarded as the greatest artist. • His first to Italy was 1494
The Return of Albrecht Durer to Nuremberg • When he returned to Nuremberg was in 1495 – 1505. • When Albrecht Durer returned he went on his second trip to Italy. • After his second trip he travelled back to Nuremberg. • Durer’s introduction of classical motifs, Italian artists, and German humanists has secured his reputation.
Albrecht Durer as a Goldsmith • Albrecht Durer attended the Lateinschule in St. Lorenz and learned goldsmithing from his father. • From 1486-1489 he studied painting with Michael Wolgemut. • He married Agnes Frey. • Between 1506 – 1512 Durer devoted himself. • In 1520 – 1521 he travelled to the Netherlands.
Albrecht Durer’s study of proportions • Durer had completed the manuscript of the “Treatise on Proportion” by 1523. • The third book he wrote includes bird’s-eye and profile elevations. • For that reason in 1424-1425 he wrote a strong text. Albrecht Durer’s studies on porportions of the female body, 1528, Woodcut
Albrecht Durer’s Aesthetic Rules • Durer’s aesthetic rules firmly based in the laws of optics. • His next publication was a practical work dedicated by the fear of invasion by the Turks. • Durer’s chief accomplishment as outlined. • In so doing he considered the relations of form. Outstanding Aesthetic Plate ~ Albrecht Durer 1875
Albrecht Durer’s Triumph as a painter • His triumph as a painter lay in his disposition • He extended his Italian travels to Bologna on this occasion. • From about 1508 he sketched and wrote down the substance of his theoretical.
Albrecht Durer • In 1505-1507 Albrecht returned to Venice. • Some of these fragments may have been intended for inclusion. • He died in 1529. The End . . .
