Durer_And_Hiroshige

Durer And Hiroshige Both Dürer and Hiroshige create lasting images through their respective mediums. Albrecht Dürer’s St. Jerome in His Study is an engraving that highlights Dürer’s mastery of the medium through key details that focus on St. Jerome and captivates the viewer, while Ando Hiroshige’s A Bridge in a Snowy Landscape focuses on nature with details. Great detail is used in St. Jerome in His Study to bring to life the many nuances of the engraving. The viewer can see individual hairs in the lion’s fur and well as knots in the beams of the ceilings. Dürer has made the room feel and look life-like. The light streaming in through the window appears to be real. It creates the exact shadow from the glass window on the wall and it focuses in on St. Jerome to cause a shadow against the wall. Also the cushions on the chairs look soft and plush, like you could sink into them. Creating volume in a piece of work is hard to do, but Dürer accomplished it with the cushions as well as the gourd hanging from the ceiling. The gourd looks suspended in space as though I am st, jerome, engraving, woodblock, viewer, light, dürer, bridge, people, looks, gourd, both, window, wind, white, while, study, stream, side, over, one, nature, lion, landscape, grey, dürer’s, details, trees, through, snowy, snow, room, mountains, medium, make