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Albrecht Dürer© Nick Burton
Jun 12, 1998
Albrecht Dürer was born in Nuremberg, Germany in 1471. He was the son of a goldsmith, and trained at an early age at his father's workshop before becoming an apprentice painter under the tutelage of Michael Wolgemut in 1486. Dürer traveled often to Venice, Italy, during his life and the effects of the Italian Renaissance in Dürer's art - particularly in his numerous self-portraits - can easily be felt. Dürer's legacy is perhaps in the arts of woodcutting and wood engravings, and he began to execute series of woodcuts early in his career. His woodcuts illustrating the Apocalypse, one of his most celebrated works , dates back t o 1498.
There are a few web sites that let you view the beauty and detail of Dürer's wodcuts and engravings. The Albrecht Dürer Prints page here is outstanding, featuring large, excellent reproductions of "The Four Horseman Of The Apocalypse," "The Knight, Death And The Devil" (1513, believed to be part of a themed series), "Melancholia" (1514, one of his most famous works) and "Saint Jerome In His Study" (1514). Durer's famous "Apocalypse OF St.John" is also featured at Connecticut College's Print Collection, a work comprising 16 woodcuts, all of which are viewable at his site on large, 290-KB-plus files that take a while to download, but are well worth the time to do so. There is also a bio page that has a short article and three small reproductions of some of his most famous self-portraits.
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