WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Albrecht Durer is sometimes called the “German Leonardo” because he was a “Renaissance Man” and mastered many types of art and scholarship. Durer is often remembered as a talented creator of woodcut prints. However, Durer was also a painter, drawer, and philosopher.

Detailed explanation-2: -Albrecht Dürer, (born May 21, 1471, Imperial Free City of Nürnberg [Germany]-died April 6, 1528, Nürnberg), painter and printmaker generally regarded as the greatest German Renaissance artist.

Detailed explanation-3: -Albrecht Dürer mastered various artistic media including painting and drawing, but during his lifetime it was as a printmaker that he became most renowned. His reputation spread throughout the continent as his prints were disseminated widely.

Detailed explanation-4: -He was a brilliant painter, draftsman, and writer, though his first and probably greatest artistic impact was in the medium of printmaking. Dürer apprenticed with his father, who was a goldsmith, and with the local painter Michael Wolgemut, whose workshop produced woodcut illustrations for major books and publications.