1991, ISBN: 0874744083

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[EAN: 9780874744088], [PU: Washington & London. 1991. Smithsonian Institution Press], Jacket, brown cloth hardbound 4to ~ 4º (quarto ~ 9"x11"). large "coffee table" book, international or… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780874744088], [PU: Washington & London. 1991. Smithsonian Institution Press], Jacket, brown cloth hardbound 4to ~ 4º (quarto ~ 9"x11"). large "coffee table" book, international or priority shipping will cost extra. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. looks new. like new. binding square & tight. covers clean. minor sunfading along top & bottom edges of covers. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first edition. first printing ( # 1 in # line). ~ Please Note: book is larger than scanner so the photos are a bit cropped. b&w illustrated frontis. & title pg. xv+369p. over 600 illustrations, including 36 glossy full color full page plates. almost every page illustrated. list of illustrations. bibliography. index. art history. biography. mythology. folklore. zoology. biology. medieval art. renaissance art. ~ Nowhere more than in the works of Albrecht Durer~the greatest Renaissance artist of northern Europe~have creatures of every variety been chronicled so fully or captured with such compelling detail. With more than 600 illustrations, Durer's Animals presents a pictorial zoo, a menagerie of beasts taken from drawings, illuminated manuscripts, paintings, etchings, engravings, woodcuts, and pageants Durer created for the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian. This profusely illustrated book includes Durer's designs for jewelry, armor, caricatures, astronomical maps, zoological freaks, light fixtures, and hieroglyphs. Animals, Colin Eisler affirms, brought out the best in Albrecht Durer's art. Ermine or goat, butterfly or eagle, dragon or squirrel, animals in Durer's hand retained their special nature. As symbols, they both bound man to creation and revealed to him transcendent worlds beyond. Born in Nuremberg in 1471, Durer learned as a youth the skills of the draftsman, goldsmith, engraver, woodblock cutter, painter, and illuminator. Traveling throughout Europe to broaden and test his talents, he kept a notebook of the animals he encountered, creating a vast archive he would turn to throughout his life. In this guided tour through Durer's works, Eisler reveals the mythic, religious, and social meanings behind the artist's depiction of dogs, birds, and farm animals, his images of horse and rider, of mythological beasts and monsters, creatures hardshelled and cold~blooded as well as exotic creatures from Durer's age of exploration Special care is given to the role of classical and medieval sources and to the contribution of the arts and sciences of the Italian Renaissance. Albrecht Durer rendered animals with the care of a portraitist and captured with lyrical feeling the way man and beast worked and played together A publication of truly encyclopedic scope, Durer's Animals celebrates and preserves this vision for those today who either love art or are animal lovers., Books<

1991, ISBN: 9780874744088

Hardcover book. 369 pages. Published by Smithsonian Books (1991) Media > Book