albrecht durer by:andres espinosa period 2. early life albrecht was born on 1471 in nuremberg,...
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EARLY LIFE
Albrecht was born on 1471 in Nuremberg,
Germany
He was the son of Albrecht Durer and Barbara
Holfer.
He had a sibling named Hans Durer
He was a German painter, engraver,
printmaker, mathematician, and theorist from
Nuremberg.
FACTS ON DURER
In 1468 Albrecht curer’s father married his own
daughter, Barbara.
They had 18 children.
He was taught how to paint by some Italian
masters.
At the age of 13 Albrecht already had made a self
portrait so he was very skilled at a very young age
He is known as the German Leonardo
HIS ARTThis is a piece of work that is called
The knight, death, and the devil.
It is a painting of a knight harassed
by two entities
Its meaning is thought to be a part
of two works of art, sanguine,
melancholy, choleric and phlegmatic.
If this is true then its series is
missing a piece,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Albrecht Durer - The Complete Works." Albrecht
Durer - The Complete Works. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Apr.
2014.
"Dürer, Albrecht." WebMuseum:. N.p., n.d. Web. 04
Apr. 2014
"Albrecht Dürer." Durer Biography. N.p., n.d. Web.
04 Apr. 2014