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