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Reproduced in stunning detail and including illustrations of Dürer's most famous prints, drawings, paintings and biological research, this book presents a Dürer for the 21st century...After an almost 40 year wait, the truth behind the man and his art can finally be revealed --Apollo, September 2010
His studies of bird plumage and ageing human hands are reproduced here among more than 250 spectacular prints...the works still dazzle in their virtuosity masterstrokes of representation and colour --Harper's Bazaar, Nov 2010
This vast and lavish volume does everything in its power to showcase Durer s extraordinary gifts, especially in painting, not least by its artful use of over life-size details in the illustrations --Royal Academy Magazine November 2010
His studies of bird plumage and ageing human hands are reproduced here among more than 250 spectacular prints...the works still dazzle in their virtuosity masterstrokes of representation and colour --Harper's Bazaar, Nov 2010
This vast and lavish volume does everything in its power to showcase Durer s extraordinary gifts, especially in painting, not least by its artful use of over life-size details in the illustrations --Royal Academy Magazine November 2010
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Durer's prints and drawings inspired centuries of artists both during his life and after his death. Yet his talent as a painter and colourist, and his enthusiasm for the scientific world have not been widely appreciated. Durer's influence was both international and intergenerational; indeed Picasso claimed to have been inspired by the sixteenth-century artist. Reproduced in stunning detail and including illustrations of Durer's most famous prints and drawings, a catalogue raisonne of his paintings, and biographical research, this book presents a Durer for the twenty-first century. Producing more self-portraits than any other artist of his day; mass marketing his best-selling prints; even inventing his own monogram logo; Albrecht Durer was commercially astute long before today's generation of slick self-promoters and savvy mega-bucks artists. There are 55 extant Durer's, of which 17 are in dispute. Using the very latest scientific research, this book puts all arguments to bed resulting in the definitive catalogue raisonne of the paintings. Not since 1971 has such a feat of painstaking research been attempted. After an almost 40-year wait, the truth behind the man and his art can finally be revealed.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a superb book about an artist who could make pillows look beautiful.
The author of the book asks himself, in the preface, why to write another book about Durer
as over ten thousand titles about this artist were published only up 1971...
Then he goes to explain that this book, based on new discoveries and theses, tries to presents Durer from a very contemporary perspective.
The text is clear, elegant and many times poetic. I've just browsed through the text so far but the graphic quality of the book is excellent and the book is more than worth having
because of its pictures, independent of the text that, from the bits I read, is really informative and enjoyable to read.
The book comes in a protective hard box. It is a big and heavy book that wouldn't fit in a kindle...
Durer was a "universal man", in the words of Vasari, who actually didn't even know the whole spectrum of Durer's art:
Painting, drawing, the graphic arts, architecture, design of glass windows, interior decoration, writing, music, art theory, restoration and more...
This book is a real, astonishing beauty. Going through its pages you will visit a world of beauty, hard work and elevation of the human spirit.
The author of the book asks himself, in the preface, why to write another book about Durer
as over ten thousand titles about this artist were published only up 1971...
Then he goes to explain that this book, based on new discoveries and theses, tries to presents Durer from a very contemporary perspective.
The text is clear, elegant and many times poetic. I've just browsed through the text so far but the graphic quality of the book is excellent and the book is more than worth having
because of its pictures, independent of the text that, from the bits I read, is really informative and enjoyable to read.
The book comes in a protective hard box. It is a big and heavy book that wouldn't fit in a kindle...
Durer was a "universal man", in the words of Vasari, who actually didn't even know the whole spectrum of Durer's art:
Painting, drawing, the graphic arts, architecture, design of glass windows, interior decoration, writing, music, art theory, restoration and more...
This book is a real, astonishing beauty. Going through its pages you will visit a world of beauty, hard work and elevation of the human spirit.
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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful
breathtaking reproduction of the cream of Durer's output
11 Nov 2010
Format:Hardcover
This large sized book is similar in format to the Taschen Carravagio and Botticelli Prestel issues. Its primary attraction is the presentation of large sized reproductions and frequent detail photographs of this great artist's works. It provides an illustrated catalog of all the paintings plus coverage of a number of watercolors, woodblocks, etchings, drawings and engravings.
There is an intelligent, scholarly and clearly written text (translated from the original German)by Norbert Wolf. The author writes about Durer's life in general and gives detailed analyses of the works under discussion.
This book, like the Caravaggio and Botticelli volumes, is luxuriously presented and exceptionally illustrated. The closeups are thrilling in their beauty, detail and sensitivity. Many of the works reproduced will be familiar to art enthusiasts and some are masterpieces of the first order. In my experience there are very few recently published illustrated volumes entirely dedicated to works of Albrecht Durer, so it is good to have this comprehensive coverage of Durer's life and works. This is a beautiful book which despite its cost, represents good value.
There is an intelligent, scholarly and clearly written text (translated from the original German)by Norbert Wolf. The author writes about Durer's life in general and gives detailed analyses of the works under discussion.
This book, like the Caravaggio and Botticelli volumes, is luxuriously presented and exceptionally illustrated. The closeups are thrilling in their beauty, detail and sensitivity. Many of the works reproduced will be familiar to art enthusiasts and some are masterpieces of the first order. In my experience there are very few recently published illustrated volumes entirely dedicated to works of Albrecht Durer, so it is good to have this comprehensive coverage of Durer's life and works. This is a beautiful book which despite its cost, represents good value.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
this is a coffee table book.......
3 Mar 2011
Format:Hardcover
.....not a scholarly work, but it is just about the most beautiful coffee table book I've ever seen. It's almost worth it just for the cover. If you want to learn about Durer's technical and scientific works, this is not the book for you. However, if you just want to feast your eyes on stunningly beautiful images of his art, buy it today.
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
An Unfortunate Result
3 Feb 2011
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This expensive book has rich illustrations and a thoughtful text. Unfortunately they are at cross purposes. Norbert Wolf used recent scholarship (mainly German, which is not available the an English only reading public), in addition to his own opinion about paintings. Paintings are indeed his primary focus, despite the many illustrations of other works of art. Here, Wolf makes welcome comments about paintings that are buried in the catalog in small illustrations the obliterate his points, such as Durer's powerful 1500 "Self-Portrait." The details that fill numerous pages do not advance the text. Also, there are captions that are in error, even though Wolf presents the correct information in his text. The the text and images of Durer's "Apocalypse" -- given in full -- reverses their actual sizes. Prestel spent much time, and charges us for it, for a book in which the picture editor and the author clearly did not work together. Unfortunately, they wasted their time and our money. Panofsky is indeed better.
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