Albrecht Dürer
Overview page. Subjects: Art.
(b Nuremberg, 21 May 1471; d Nuremberg, 6 Apr. 1528).
German printmaker, painter, draughtsman, and writer, the greatest figure of Renaissance art in northern Europe. He was the son...
Albrecht Dürer
in Renaissance and Reformation
P ublished online June 2011 .
Article. Subjects: Modern History (1700 to 1945); Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy. 15519 words.
Albrecht Dürer (b. 1471–d. 1528), of Nuremberg, enjoyed great fame in his lifetime and, occasionally, a cultlike status in later centuries. He remains the most renowned German artist....
Erwin Panofsky
in Renaissance and Reformation
P ublished online January 2019 .
Article. Subjects: Modern History (1700 to 1945); Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy. 8068 words.
Erwin Panofsky (b. 1892–d. 1968) was a German art historian who, after immigrating to the United States in 1933, became one of the most influential figures in 20th-century art history. His...
Emperor Maximilian I
in Renaissance and Reformation
P ublished online June 2011 .
Article. Subjects: Modern History (1700 to 1945); Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy. 10926 words.
Ambitious and imaginative to a fault, Maximilian I (1459–1519) was the son of German Emperor Frederick III and Eleanore of Portugal. It was Emperor Frederick who arranged the son’s marriage...
German Art
in Renaissance and Reformation
P ublished online August 2011 .
Article. Subjects: Modern History (1700 to 1945); Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy. 13681 words.
German Renaissance art was vibrant, innovative, and at times powerfully emotional. “German,” as used here, refers to a linguistic rather than a political region that encompassed much of the...
Hieronymus Bosch
in Renaissance and Reformation
P ublished online August 2013 .
Article. Subjects: Modern History (1700 to 1945); Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy. 12262 words.
The art of Hieronymus Bosch (b. c. 1450–d. 1516) has challenged and fascinated viewers since the 15th century. His hybrid creatures and creative monstrosities seem unprecedented in the art...
Landscape
in Renaissance and Reformation
P ublished online September 2013 .
Article. Subjects: Modern History (1700 to 1945); Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy. 6113 words.
This article concentrates primarily on landscape art and the visual depiction of natural scenery. It took a long time before the term “landscape” gained acceptance as the name of a painting...
