TVM 1st Floor: 16th C Northern Renaissance -- Albrecht Durer

Northern Renaissance
1500 to 1550

Albrecht Dürer

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Albrecht Dürer

born: Imperial Free City of Nürnberg, [now Germany]; 21 May 1471
died: Imperial Free City of Nürnberg, [now Germany]; 6 April 1528

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One of the special artifacts in the Tigertail Virtual Museum is Dürer's original model for Melencolia-I. The polyhedron (a truncated 5:4 rectangular box sitting up right on one vertex) has survived five centuries virtually unchanged. This is rare for a model. This model allows us to compare the original fossilized rock with Dürer's etching. The rock has been analyzed by our specialists, and it is believed to be a "hunk" of travertine with embedded fossils. From the color and texture our experts believe it came from a quarry near Rome, Italy. It is believed that the rock was cut from the formation with a special guillotine. The rock weighs several tons; we haven't been able to lift it to put it on a scale; so we don't know it's exact weight. It is unknown how the rock was transported to the Dürer studio. Here is the original Dürer polyhedron:

Dürer's Rock

Here is one of Dürer's most famous engravings, you can see the original fossil captured perfectly in his print. Some art historians believe that the fossil image in the rock is an representation of Dürer's then recently deceased mother.

Melencolia I

Here are some other Dürer engravings.

Witch

St. Jerome

Erasmus
1520

Three Witches
1497

Death of Orpheus
[drawing after a
lost engraving by Mantegna]
1494
British Museum
London, England

Knight, Death
and the Devil
1513

Angel with the Key

Four Horsemen
of the Apocalypse
about 1498

Rape of Persephone

Dürer was highly prolific, and painted as well as did engravings. Here are three self-portraits, will the real Mr. Dürer please step forward.

1493

1496

1500

Drawing and Sketches

Praying Hands
1508

Cowslips	Church and Cemetery. Nürnberg 1498
	Wire Drawing Mill 1498

Here are other paintings.

Christ Among the Professors 1505	Madonna 1512	Adam and Eve 1507
Suicide of Lucretia after being Raped by Tarquin	Lamentation 1503	Dürer's Father 1491
Kleberger 1526	Holzschuher 1526	Oswald Krell 1499

Northern Renaissance
Baroque

2005-06-13

Northern Renaissance 1500 to 1550 Albrecht Dürer

Northern Renaissance 1500 to 1550

Albrecht Dürer

Albrecht Dürer

Northern Renaissance
1500 to 1550

Albrecht Dürer

Northern Renaissance
1500 to 1550