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 Who is Albrecht Dürer? Self Portrait Albrecht Durer 1500 Albrecht Dürer, an artist of paint and print, in the northern Renaissance who is famously known for work in details of human bodies. Born in Nuremberg, Germany, Durer's earliest education in art started from his father's work in wood engraving. Durer later in his early life visited Venice, Italy which is where he first encountered " linear perspective ". From here and on, Durer " adopted Renaissance humanism's concept of the artist as an inspired genius, creating a unique personal world."  ( Cunningham 336 )  The Work in Germany and Italy Though Albrecht Durer's works were influenced by the contemporaries of the Renaissance in Italy,  Durer had his own unique skill that transpire from his origins in Germany. " Durer's vision was enriched but not profoundly changed by his two journeys to Italy. Yet Durer did not just copy his strong, Southern impressions, but translated them boldly int...

  In " Titian's Venus and the Lute Player ", George Martin Richter introduces Titian who surrounds his work with the subject matter of " The Venus" and the influence of " The Venus" through the works of Titian. Titian, whose real name is Tiziano Vecelli, has works of art that were struck by the eyes of many popes and princes in the time of the Renaissance. "Only very gradually did Titian show a greater interest in antique and humanistic ideas" (Richter 53) As a humanist, Titian portrayed many works of "The Venus" from portraying nudity and beauty of the female body though it took him a while to catch up with the Giogionesque revolution.   Titian, Venus of Urbino Video Deeper details on the composition and background of Titian's famous work     A piece of information that Chapter 13 did not succeed to address was how Titian built his work around the Madonna and the Venus. I felt this was interesting in support of how Titian was a...