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by: Joyce McPherson
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9781882514557
ISBN: 1882514556
Label: Greenleaf Press
Manufacturer: Greenleaf Press
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: July 01, 2001
Publisher: Greenleaf Press
Sales Rank: 738880
Studio: Greenleaf Press
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The Leonardo of the North was more than just a gifted artist. He was a writer, clever businessman, and apt teacher of students, and a man passionately interested in attracted to the theology of Martin Luther. He did more than just create works of art for wealthy patrons; he also took advantage of the new technology of printing in order to bring his illustrations of the Bible to a wide audience of ordinary people. This biography focuses on Durer the man, rather than Durer the artist. Joyce once again helps us to understand a historical figure by showing us his childhood, family, friends, and hopes and fears. Filled with excerpts from Durer's own writings and illustrated with 30 of his most famous pieces. At the death of Albrecht Durer, Martin Luther wrote, It is natural and right to weep for so excellent a man.
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