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| ALBRECHT DüRER |
The term Renaissance, adopted from the French equivalent of the Italian word rinascita, meaning literally "re-birth," describes the radical and comprehensive changes that took place in European culture during the 15th and 16th centuries, bringing about the demise of the Middle Ages and embodying for the first time the values of the modern world. Albrecht Dürer was a painter and printmaker generally regarded as the greatest German Renaissance artist. His vast body of work includes altarpieces and religious works, numerous portraits and self-portraits, engravings, and woodcuts. Albrecht Dürer spent most of his life in Nuremburg, Germany where he continuously amazed people with his talented engraving techniques of northern Europe and the Italian Renaissance. Upon his maiden journey to Italy in 1494, where he stayed for about one year, he was further influenced by the progressive Renaissance arts, artists, and ideas. It was only shortly after his trip to Italy that he produced the Prodigal Son amid the Swine . The biblical episode of the Prodigal Son refers to the squandering son of a wealthy father who leaves and reduces his inheritance to nothing. The moment depicted by Dürer is when the son, while reduced to the chore of feeding the swine, kneels and looks towards Heaven in realization of his greed, his carelessness, and the poor choice he made. The engraving techniques are extremely detailed and refined. The architecture in the background resembles that of a German town much like Nuremburg. |
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