VIENNA — When one thinks of the Renaissance it is arguably the big Italian names that enjoy most prolific exhibition coverage. Not least was the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci in ...
When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. Philip Hoare began his career writing books about subjects like Noël Coward and Oscar Wilde. He has ...
Originally finding fame for his woodcuts, the 16th-Century German Renaissance painter Albrecht Dürer “collapses the world” between observers today and his paintings created 500 years ago. If you look ...
Albrecht Dürer rivals Michelangelo for belligerent megalomania, Leonardo for quasi-scientific curiosity and Raphael for near super-human powers of observation. Yet he never quite gets his due as one ...
When he was around 26, the 15th-century artist Albrecht Dürer painted a portrait of his father, Albrecht the Elder. At least seven early copies of the portrait are known to exist—but for many years, ...
Philip Hoare explores how the artist’s obsession with science, magic and self-promotion paved the way for our existential age. By Sue Prideaux In 1520 Albrecht Dürer travelled to Zeeland to see a ...
Originally finding fame for his woodcuts, the 16th-Century German Renaissance painter Albrecht Dürer “collapses the world” between observers today and his paintings created 500 years ago. If you look ...
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