The Complete Engravings, Etchings & Drypoints of Albrecht Durer

by Albrecht Dürer, Walter L. Strauss (Editor)

All of Dürer's works in three mediums are reproduced in this edition. Among them are his most famous works, Knight, Death and Devil; Melencolia I; and St. Jerome in His Study. Also included are portraits of his contemporaries, including Erasmus of Rotterdam and Frederick the Wise, as well as six engravings formerly attributed to Dürer.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Reference, German Literature, Germany

281 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 1972

About the author

German painter and engraver Albrecht Dürer incorporated the classicism of the Renaissance of Italy into northern European art.

This printmaker and theorist hailed from Nuremberg.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrech...

Reviews

[Javier · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pesar de no ser muy amigo de los libros de arte, no puedo dejar de recomendar este más que merecido homenaje a la obra de Alberto Durero, como le decimos por estas tierras. Destaco la calidad de las reproducciones, mucho mejor que la de cualquier imagen que se pueda encontrar en internet (sobre todo para grabados consideradas "menores"); así como las breves descripciones de cada pieza, que aportan detalles que podrían pasar desapercibidos al ojo poco atento.

[Antiabecedarian · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like engravings, etchings and drypoints better than woodcuts. I like Albrecht Durer's engravings, etchings and drypoints better than his woodcuts, which are thick and heavy. Some people prefer woodcuts. I like to look at delicate things. One of the best and most indelicate things I like to look at, however, is Albrecht Durer's Melancolia 1. "The magic square is a Jovian device used to counteract the unfavorable influence of Saturn." ha ha!

Thank you DOVER, Dover Press, I love Dover Press.

The engravings, etchings and drypoints of Albrecht Durer also come in handy as a reference if you are interested in the study of Saturn and Melancholy. I wish to have this particular volume around as company, any way, to make sure I have something better to look at than my own drawings. Also, it is a reminder that I am still trying to read, actually read and understand, Saturn and Melancholy, Studies in the History of Natural Philosophy, Religion, and Art by Raymond Kiblansky, Erwin Panofsky, and Fritz Saxl. And this book, I hope, aids in my desire to avoid Robert Burton's thick and heavy Anatomy of Melancholy and leads me, at last, to read and have some reference of understanding of Walter Benjamin's Arcades....

I suggest another way to avoid Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy: read Epitaph of a Small Winner (or: Memoirs of Bras Cubas) by Machado de Assis. It will save you much thickness and heaviness of skull, and is more to the point, without the ceaseless streams of overlapping quotations.

[Laginestra]

Snello (forse un po' troppo snello) commento al collocamento di Durer nell'arte tedesca proiettata verso il rinascimento.
Di rigore dopo un viaggio a Norimberga, lascia ancora molto affamati di letture sul maestro francone. Consigli ben accetti.

[Wetdryvac · Rating 5 out of 5]

Also lovely.

[Phillip · Rating 5 out of 5]

Recommended Companion Book for Seattle Art Museum Graphic Masters Exhibit. Complete set. Good but not exceptional reproductions. Nice informative intros and good individual descriptors.