Albrecht_Durer

Albrecht Durer One artist that sits on a higher pedestal than many is Albrecht Durer. Recognized as the most famous artist of the Reformation period, he was brilliantly talented in many areas, Watercolor, Woodcuts and engraving to name a few. Albrecht Durer’s contribution to the Art world intrigues and fascinates us until this day. Durer was born in 1471 in Nuremburg, Germany. His father was a respected goldsmith and filled the office of “official assayer of precious metals”. (Hutchison 20) Recognized for his honesty and reputation he received many prestigious commendations. Durer the Elder, the skillful goldsmith, can be considered Durer’s first art instructor. At the young age of ten Durer the Elder taught his son the goldsmith’s technique. Many believed that the skillful handling of the engraver’s burin (a pointed steel cutting tool used by engravers) was the origin for his distinctive style, which rendered him a gifted artist with an eye for detail. The creation of Durer’s renowned self-portrait, developed while looking into a mirror at the young age of thirteen, was his first known contribution to the art world. Because of the portrait, his father recognized his young son’s natural ability for durer, nature, durer’s, art, one, engravings, years, world, work, technique, watercolor, first, engraving, detail, created, studies, renaissance, melencolia, level, ground, fine, creation, contribution, artists, young, woodcuts, wolgemut, within, vision, trips, three, surfaced, surface, study, sits