Great Woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer

This modestly priced edition offers an ideal introduction to Duuml;rer's work, comprising images both sacred and secular. Scenes from the lives of Jesus and the saints and episodes from the Old Testament appear alongside a variety of subjects. The 85 black-and-white illustrations feature brief captions with basic information regarding titles and dates.

Regarded as the greatest of the German Renaissance artists, Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) created a vast body of work that ranges from altar pieces to copper engravings and portraits. Painter, printer, draughtsman, and art theorist, he remains best known for his woodcuts.

Durer's Coat of Arms, 1523

Lamentation for the Dead Christ

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(1)

Crucifixion

2

(1)

Martyrdom of S. Sebastian

3

(1)

S. Christopher

4

(1)

Head for the Purpose of the Study of Phrenology

4

(1)

The Albertina Passion

Crucifixion

5

(1)

The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand Christians

6

(1)

Hercules

7

(1)

The Knight and the Landsknecht

8

(1)

The Men's Bath

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(1)

The Martyrdom of S. Catherine

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(1)

Samson Killing the Lion

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(1)

The Holy Family with Three Hares

12

(1)

The Revelation of S. John (Apocalypse)

The Martyrdom of S. John the Evangelist

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(1)

The Four Riders of the Apocalypse

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(1)

The Opening of the Fifth and Sixth Seals, the Distribution of White Garments Among the Martyrs and the Fall of the Stars

15

(1)

S. John Devours the Book

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(1)

S. Michael Fighting the Dragon

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(1)

The Sea Monster and the Beast with the Lamb's Horns

18

(1)

The Whore of Babylon

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(1)

The Angel with the Key Hurls the Dragon into the Abyss, and Another Angel Shows S. John the New Jerusalem

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(1)

Seven Woodcuts for The Great Passion

Christ on the Mount of Olives

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(1)

The Flagellation of Christ

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(1)

Christ Before the People

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(1)

Christ Bearing the Cross

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(1)

The Crucifixion

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(1)

The Lamentation for Christ

26

(1)

The Entombment

27

(1)

Saint Sebald on the Column

28

(1)

Astronomer

29

(1)

Nude Woman with the Zodiac

29

(1)

The Life of the Virgin

The Angel Brings the Message to Joachim

30

(1)

The Birth of Mary

31

(1)

The Annunciation

32

(1)

The Visitation

33

(1)

The Adoration of the Magi

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(1)

The Flight into Egypt

35

(1)

Repose on the Flight into Egypt

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(1)

Christ Taking Leave of His Mother

37

(1)

Popular Pictures of Saints

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata

38

(1)

S. Stephen, S. Sixtus and S. Lawrence

39

(1)

The Penitent

40

(1)

The Beheading of St. John the Baptist

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(1)

Five Cuts to Complete the Great Passion

Title Page: The Mocking of Christ

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(1)

The Last Supper

43

(1)

Christ Taken Captive

44

(1)

Christ in Limbo

45

(1)

The Resurrection of Christ

46

(1)

The Adoration of the Magi

47

(1)

The Small Passion

The Fall

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(1)

Expulsion from Paradise

48

(1)

The Head of St. John the Baptist Brought to Herod

49

(1)

Cain Kills Abel

49

(1)

The Mass of St. Gregory

50

(1)

The Trinity

51

(1)

Saint Christopher

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(1)

St. Jerome in His Cell

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(1)

The Holy Family with Joachim and Anna

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(1)

The Holy Family with Saints and Angels

55

(1)

The Triumphal Arch

View of the Entire Triumphal Arch

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(2)

Upper part of the middle gateway: the gateway of Honour and Might

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(1)

Part of the centre gateway in its original size

59

(1)

Pedestal of the right hand middle column

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(1)

Base of the right hand middle column

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(1)

Top of the right hand middle column, above the capital and the ornamentation of the niche

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Inscription tablet with the stag's skin, from the uppermost section of the right wing

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(1)

The Betrothal of Maximilian with Mary of Burgundy

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(1)

The Betrothal of Archduke Philip with Joanna of Castile

64

(1)

The Congress of Princes of Vienna

65

(1)

The Meeting after the Battle of the Spurs

65

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The Sacred Coat of Trier

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Fourth set of the Busts of Emperors, left side

66

(1)

Saint Coloman as a Pilgrim

67

(1)

The Rhinoceros

68

(1)

An Owl Fighting with Other Birds

69

(1)

Illustration of Freydal

The Foreign Tournament

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(1)

The Masquerade

71

(1)

The Virgin Crowned by Two Angels

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(1)

Saint Sebald in the Niche

73

(1)

The Small Triumphal Car or the Burgundian Marriage

Victory Guiding the Triumphal Car

74

(1)

The Great Triumphal Car

Back Part of the Imperial Car in Original Size

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Portrait of the Emperor Maximilian

76

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Coat of Arms with Three Lions' Heads

77

(1)

Coat of Arms of Don Pedro Lasso

78

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Coat of Arms of the Empire and of the City of Nuremberg

79

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Portrait of Ulrich Varnbuhler

80

(1)

Christ on the Cross with Three Angels

81

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The Last Supper

82

(1)

Durer's Work About the Art of Measurement

A man drawing a lute

83

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A man drawing a can

84

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A man drawing a recumbent woman, in foreshortening through a frame with a network of squares

84

(1)

An artist drawing a seated man on to a pane of glass through a sight-vane

85

(1)

Portrait of Eobanus Hesse

85

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