Drawings of Albrecht Dürer

by Heinrich Wölfflin (Editor)

Eighty-one plates show development from youth to full style. Many favorites, many are new. Introduction by Alfred Werner. Includes Self-Portrait at the Age of Thirteen, Female Nude (with Headcloth and Slippers), Orpheus Slain by Bacchantes, with Boy Running Away. "The fascination of the drawings is inexhaustible; the skill incredible; the upshot — delight." — Boston Globe.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1930

About the author

Heinrich Wölfflin was a Swiss art historian, whose objective classifying principles ("painterly" vs. "linear" and the like) were influential in the development of formal analysis in art history in the early 20th century. He taught at Basel, Berlin and Munich in the generation that raised German art history to pre-eminence. His three great books, still consulted, are Renaissance und Barock (1888), Die Klassische Kunst (1898, "Classic Art"), and Kunstgeschichtliche Grundbegriffe (1915, "Principles of Art History").

Reviews

[Sladjana Kovacevic · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Dürer with a pen in hand remains the great master."
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[Andrea Engle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Professor Wolfflin’s introductory essay on Durer’s mastery of line is insightful, though dated ... his selection of 81 images, including Durer’s self-portrait at the age of 13, easily support his position ... a visual delight from an undisputed master-artist ...

[Andrew Volpe]

Purchased from Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Bookstore, 2000?