Easter Illustrations (Illustrated)

by Albrecht Dürer (illustrator)

- Digitally restored illustrations- Translated captions- Annotated detailsThis is an online album of vital and vibrant Easter art by Albrecht Dürer. There is little the visual art speaks for itself.According to general agreement, the German engraver and woodcut artist from Nuremberg, Albrecht Dürer, was the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance. He produced a body of artistic output that was prodigious, admired and imitated by artists of his own and succeeding generations.His images of the Easter story consist chiefly of copper engravings and woodcuts. Common for Dürer's art are background landscapes and architectural features fashioned not from the Holy Land, but from his own German surroundings, particularly the Nuremberg region. Easter Illustrations by Albrecht Dürer (Woodcuts)- Jesus Taking Leave of His Mother (Woodcut, 1511) - Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem (Woodcut, 1511) - The Last Supper (Woodcut, ca. 1497) - The Garden of Gethsemane (Woodcut, 1515) - Before Herod (Woodcut, 1509) - Flagellation (Woodcut, ca. 1497) - Ecce homo (Woodcut, date unknown) - Carrying the Cross (Woodcut, 1498) - The Crucifixion (Woodcut, 1498) - The Lamentation (Woodcut, ca. 1497) - Deposition in the Tomb (Woodcut, date unknown) - The Resurrection (Woodcut, date unknown) - Noli me tangere - "Touch Me Not" (Woodcut, 1511)- Christ Appears to His Disciples at Emmaus (Woodcut, 1511) - Doubting Thomas (Woodcut, 1511) - The Ascension (Woodcut, 1511) - The Holy Spirit is Poured Out (Woodcut, 1511) - Man of Sorrows, Acquainted with Grief (Woodcut, 1511)(Copper Engravings)- The Garden of Gethsemane (Copper Engraving, 1508) - The Betrayal and Arrest (Copper Engraving, 1512) - Before Caiphas (Copper Engraving, 1512) - Before Pontius Pilate (Copper Engraving, ca. 1510) - Flagellation (Copper Engraving, 1512) - The Crown of Thorns (Copper Engraving, 1512) - Ecce homo (Copper Engraving, 1512) - Pilate Washing his Hands (Copper Engraving, 1512) - Carrying the Cross (Copper Engraving, 1512) - The Crucifixion (Copper Engraving, 1511) - The Lamentation (Copper Engraving, 1507) - Deposition in the Tomb (Copper Engraving, 1512) - Christ at the Gates of Hell (Copper Engraving, 1512) - The Resurrection (Copper Engraving, 1512) - Peter and John Healing the Cripple at the Golden Gate (Copper Engraving, 1513) (Color Illustrations)- Carrying the Cross (Oil on Panel, ca. 1494-1497)- The Crucifixion (Oil on Panel, ca. 1494-1497)- The Lamentation (Oil on Panel, ca. 1494-1497)- Christ as Salvator Mundi (Oil on Panel, ca. 1504)- All Saints Surround the Crucified Christ (Oil on Panel - Landau Altar, 1511)

46 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 2, 2011

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.

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Reviews

[Briana Lewis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good collection

I wish that the quality of the art was in better resolution.
I am enjoying the themed collections.. on Durer. A sad day...