Albrecht Dürer and His Legacy: The Graphic Work of a Renaissance Artist

Bartrum, Giulia ; Grass, Günter; Koerner, Joseph Leo; Kuhlemann, Ute

ISBN 10: 0714126330 / ISBN 13: 9780714126333

Published by British Museum Press, London, United Kingdom, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Albrecht Du?rer and His Legacy: The Graphic Work of a Renaissance Artist
• Publisher: British Museum Press, London, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714126330
• ISBN 13: 9780714126333
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First.
• Condition: Bueno

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Synopsis

This text traces Durer's career from his early work, through his education in Italy, to his sophisticated developments which changed the history of printmaking. It also examines his influence in later periods, including his work's great impact on German nationalism in the 19th century.

About the Author

Giulia Bartrum is an Assistant Keeper of Prints and Drawings at The British Museum. Her publications include "German Renaissance Prints 1490-1550." Gü nter Grass is the author of "The Tin Drum" and dozens of books of fiction, poetry, and criticism. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999. Joseph Leo Koerner, Professor of Art History at the University College London, is the winner of the 1992 Mitchell Prize for the History of Art and the author of "The Moment of Self-Portraiture in German Renaissance Art." Ute Kuhlemann is a doctoral candidate at the University College London.

GUNTER GRASS (1927 2015), Germany's most celebrated contemporary writer, attained worldwide renown with the publication of his novel The Tin Drum in 1959. A man of remarkable versatility, Grass was a poet, playwright, social critic, graphic artist, and novelist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1999.

Professor of Art History at the University College London, is the winner of the 1992 Mitchell Prize for the History of Art and the author of The Moment of Self-Portaiture in German Renaissance Art.

Ute Kuhlemann is a doctoral candidate at the University College London.