Archive for posts tagged with ‘Durer’


Jul 8 2010

Michael the Archangel Defeats Satan by Albrecht Durer, 1498

German / Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance - 1 year ago - troycapc

Michael the Archangel Defeats Satan by Albrecht Durer, 1498

This is the German Master’s rendition as a woodcut of the scene described in the twelfth chapter of The Revelation of St John.  It is a wonderful example of the beautiful artwork of the Northern Renaissance which still harkens back to the apocalyptic themes of the Middle Ages, particularly after the holocaust of the Black Death in the Fourtheenth Century.  The original is a woodcut, 392 by 283 millimeters, and is housed in the Sttaatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe.

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Jun 30 2010

Knight, Death and the Devil, Albrecht Durer, 1513

German / Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance - 1 year ago - troycapc

Knight, Death and the Devil, Albrecht Durer, 1513

Knight, Death and the Devil by Albrecht Durer, 1513.  This is one of Durer’s Master Engravings which Durer called The Rider.  It is meant to exemplify Moral Virtue perhaps influenced by Erasmus’ "Instructions for the Christian Solder".  The Riding Knight in this engraving is not drawn by either Death or the Devil from his steadfast march of the "Vita Activa", the active life.  The original is an engraving measuring 245 by 188 millimeters and is housed in the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe.

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