Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Portrait of Maximilian I”

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2. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Father Albrecht Dürer (Portrait of Father)”German artist Albrecht Dürer is considered one of the most prominent representatives of the European Renaissance. His talent was very multifaceted – so, in addition to painting, Durer was fond of woodcuts, and became the first who elevated it to the rank of art. After the marriage, he opened his own workshop, at which the […]...
3. Description of the engraving of Albrecht Durer “Rhino”The engraving is made on wood. It was this image that had a tremendous impact on art. Until the 18th century, this image was used in all textbooks on biology. Durer was able to draw a rhino, but he never saw him live. At this time in Europe it was believed that this animal exists […]...
4. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Holiday Rosary”Here is the most recognizable work of Albrecht Dürer, on which the artist worked for several years in Italy. The Church of Santo Bartolome for German parishioners living in Italy ordered this pictorial work from the superpopular Dürer at that time. In private correspondence with his acquaintance, Dürer wrote about the trend towards the use […]...
5. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Self-portrait in the image of Christ”“Self-portrait” (another name of the painting “Self-portrait in clothes decorated with fur”) is one of the famous paintings of the artist, which was kept for a long time in his family and not intended for the general public. On the self-portrait, we still see a fairly young man with a beautiful face (the artist was […]...
6. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Self-portrait in 13 years”Albrecht Durer was one of the first artists of the West, who throughout his life created self-portraits. Thanks to a series of such paintings, one can trace changes in the artistic style of Dürer in a progression. The artist created the first engraving in 1484 – this is the painting “Self-portrait at the age of […]...
7. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Portrait of a young man”“Portrait of a Young Man,” written in 1521, refers to the late works of Albrecht Dürer. The author at that time already took place as a portrait painter, having written several dozen portraits of famous people of his time. Creating a portrait, Durer sought to convey precisely the spiritual essence of the person depicted in […]...
8. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Barbara Durer”How beautiful and almost primitive portrait painting of the Middle Ages. It seems to be nothing so pretentious, normal serious faces or funny or slightly distorted by emotions. In this case, the mother of the artist Barbara Dürer is sitting in front of us. About the family of the artist, we can say that it […]...
9. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Portrait of a Venetian”O this wonderful face of a simple naive Venetian! For a long time in Europe it was believed that there are no more beautiful girls in the world than true Venetians. The city of love and sin has always been famous for its female beauty, even the old women looked noble and beautiful there, what […]...
10. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Adam and Eve”What do you know about medieval painting? Of course, many skilled craftsmen were addicted to it in these times. Here is one of the most interesting paintings by Durer “Adam and Eve” has a lot of fans from around the world. So, probably, it is worth getting acquainted with this work of art a little […]...
11. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “The Adoration of the Holy Trinity” (1511g.)One of the most solemn works of Durer is “The Adoration of the Holy Trinity”. In 1511, the painting was ordered by the artist merchant and owner of the copper workshop Matthias Landauer. The artist’s work was intended for the altar of the chapel in the poorhouse for 12 lone artisans, which was built by […]...
12. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Four Apostles”The painting “The Four Apostles” depicts the apostles-evangelists. From left to right stand John, Peter, Mark and Paul, standing very closely, on one floor, representing a single whole. Uniform both in composition and in aspirations. However, if we compare the apostles with each other, they are completely different. John is tall, with a high forehead […]...
13. Description of the engraving of Albrecht Dürer “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”Apocalypse is the world-famous cycle of wood engravings by Albrecht Dürer on a religious theme. The series, made by the German artist in the three-year period from 1496, consists of 15 works depicting the biblical revelation of the final judgment. Prints were published twice. And the most famous is the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.” […]...
14. Albrecht Dürer’s engraving description “The Knight, Death and the Devil”“The Knight, Death and the Devil” – a medieval engraving of Durer, depicting a Christian knight, passing through a narrow gorge. His horse stands proudly, carries the rider with dignity and ease, despite the fact that the knight is chained in armor. A dog runs under the horse’s hooves, trying to keep up, the knight […]...
15. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “A piece of sod”Albrecht Dürer was considered a real researcher of flora and fauna, as well as a passionate admirer of the theory of Renaissance art. Paintings always enthusiastically described his life, all aspects of family life. All this was described in his diary, which was devoted to traveling to Holland. Dürer was born in Nuremberg, Germany. The […]...
16. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Prodigal Son”The engraving is one of the variations of the parable about a man who has spent his father’s money and found himself in poverty. The history of this work goes back to the distant 1495, when Sebastian Brant published a poem on the subject of the Gospel parable. After that, the artist Albrecht Durer was […]...
17. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Four Witches”About this picture it is possible to say with confidence that it is one of the most popular in the work of Dürer. The engraving is called “The Four Witches”, and now we will examine in detail why this is what the art historians call it. The engraving depicts a small and dark room that […]...
18. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Hare”One of the most famous works of German artist Albrecht Dürer. Despite the fact that the master has many more remarkable works, such as a deer with prominent horns, or a dead bird with a rainbow plumage. The story of painting a picture has several versions. According to one of them, once strolling, Dürer stumbled […]...
19. Description of the engraving of Albrecht Durer “Melancholy”The picture is a cutting engraving, the base of which is made of copper. Its author is the German artist Albrecht Dürer, who finished work on his creation in 1514. During the artist’s life, melancholic was decided to be divided into several types. Dürer himself referred to the first type. “Melancholy” art critics believe the […]...
20. Description of the painting by “The Adoration of the Magi” by Albrecht DurerIn the Uffizi Art Museum in Florence, Italy, Albrecht Dürer’s religious painting is exhibited – “Adoration of the Magi”. The German master wrote the work to order to the electoral prince of Saxony, Friedrich the Wise, for his Catholic church in Wittenberg. Today, the picture is recognized as one of the most valuable fruits of […]...
21. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Mary with the Child”In a series of his extraordinary portraits made during the decade (from 1510 to 1520), Dürer managed to bring together all the best qualities of a person. For many years he painted and studied human personalities in order to learn how to convey them as accurately as possible in his works. After a long search […]...
22. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Hands praying”The history of this picture is amazing. This is not just a sketch of the hands, there is something more behind this image. Albrecht Durer captured on this engraving the hands of his brother, thanks to which the name of the artist is now known throughout the world. Sometime at the very beginning of a […]...
23. Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “St. Jerome in the cell”Albrecht Durer – the great German artist of the Renaissance. The orientation in which the painter worked was filled with expressiveness and a desire for realism. The moments of the artist’s activities included a collection of “three workshops engravings” on a religious theme. One of them was the painting “St. Jerome”, it was created in […]...
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32. Description of the painting by Ilya Repin “Portrait of Tretyakov”Repin managed to create an incredibly simple and at the same time a deep rub. We see Tretyakov, who founded the famous painting gallery. The artist conveyed the depth and at the same time the complexity of the character of this person. In the dark eyes of Tretyakov, sadness lurks. His beard is well-groomed, his […]...
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34. Description of the painting by Alexei Antropov “Self Portrait”Self-portrait by Alexei Antropov was written in 1784. Antropov is considered one of the first artists of Russia, who began working in the portrait technique, including depicting secular persons. He mainly worked in St. Petersburg, but also in Moscow, was engaged in the restoration of the frescoes of the church in Kiev. His preferred technique […]...
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36. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Portrait of S. I. Mamontov”Savva Mamontov, being a patron of the arts and a collector well-known throughout the Russian Empire, was also a very close person for the artist Valentin Serov. Mamontov was a protege of many artists and artists, he organized home performances, venues for cultural events, and his estate in Abramtsevo became a real center of artistic […]...
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