The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer 9780691257495
This classic text presents the life, times, and works of Albrecht Dürer. Through the skill and immense knowledge of Erwi
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Contents
Preface
PREFACE
List of Illustrations
Introduction to the Princeton Classic Edition
Introduction
I Apprenticeship and Early Years of Travel, 1484-1495
II Five Years of Intense Productivity, 1495-1500
III Five Years of Rational Synthesis, 1500-1505
IV The Second Trip to Italy and the Culmination of Painting, 1505-1510/11
V Reorientation in the Graphic Arts; the Culmination of Engraving, 1507/11-1514
VI Dürer's Activity for Maximilian I; the "Decorative Style/5 1512/13-1518/19
VII The Crisis of 1519; the Journey to the Netherlands, 1520-1521; the Last Works, 1521-1528
VIII Dürer as a Theorist of Art
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX
Indices
THE ILLUSTRATIONS
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THE LIFE AND ART OF ALBRECHT Dt)RER
The Life and oArt of
ALBRECHT DURER BY ERWIN PANOFSKY
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
COPYRIGHT 1943, © 1955, BY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS ISBN 0-691-00303-3 PUBLISHED BY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, 41 WILLIAM STREET, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, CHICHESTER, WEST SUSSEX DESIGNED BY P. J. CONKWRIGHT
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