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    Albrecht Durer was a prominent German artist during the Northern Renaissance who is renowned for his printmaking as much as his painting. As one of the first major artists to use woodcut as a medium, Durer crafted woodcuts with very fine lines that resembled pen and ink drawings. Through creating prints like copper engravings that could be reproduced and sold more affordably than paintings, Durer achieved wealth and honor as a respected citizen of Nuremberg, where religious themes featured strongly in his influential print works such as the Apocalypse series.

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    Albrecht Durer was a prominent German artist during the Northern Renaissance who is renowned for his printmaking as much as his painting. As one of the first major artists to use woodcut as a medium, Durer crafted woodcuts with very fine lines that resembled pen and ink drawings. Through creating prints like copper engravings that could be reproduced and sold more affordably than paintings, Durer achieved wealth and honor as a respected citizen of Nuremberg, where religious themes featured strongly in his influential print works such as the Apocalypse series.

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    Albrecht Durer: Northern Renaissance German 1471-1528

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    Albrecht Durer was a prominent German artist during the Northern Renaissance who is renowned for his printmaking as much as his painting. As one of the first major artists to use woodcut as a medium, Durer crafted woodcuts with very fine lines that resembled pen and ink drawings. Through creating prints like copper engravings that could be reproduced and sold more affordably than paintings, Durer achieved wealth and honor as a respected citizen of Nuremberg, where religious themes featured strongly in his influential print works such as the Apocalypse series.

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    Albrecht Durer

    Northern Renaissance
    German 1471-1528
    • While Durer was a great
    painter, he is more well
    known for his
    printmaking.
    • He was one of the first
    artist of the Western
    world to use woodcut as
    a major medium.
    • Durer’s woodcuts were
    very well crafted with
    very fine lines which
    give the appearance of
    being a pen and ink
    drawing.
    • Durer also worked
    with copper
    engravings.
    • Because many prints
    can be made of the
    same image, Durer
    was able to sell them
    at more modest prices
    than his paintings.
    • This allowed him to
    become a wealthy
    artist and honored
    citizen in his home
    town of Nuremberg.
    • Many of Durer’s prints
    deal with religious
    stories.
    • Durer’s most famous
    prints came from a
    series illustrating the
    Apocalypse, The Book
    of Revelation in the
    Bible.

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