Albrecht Dürer 1497–1511 Unter „Passion“ wurden gewöhnlich jene physischen und seelischen Leiden verstanden, die Jesus Christus in den letzten Tagen seines irdischen Lebens durchgemacht hat. Dieses Thema war im Deutschland des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts besonders populär. Die Kirche nutzte die bildende Kunst, besonders die Graphik, dafür, um den breiten, oft des Lesens und Schreibens […]

He was probably born in 1450 to the family of Caspar Schongauer, a goldsmith who moved from Augsburg to Colmar around 1440. He acquired his first skills as an artist in his father’s workshop and later he may have been an apprentice to Colmar painters. It is assumed that having finished his studies, he went […]

Men’s bath was an ordinary thing in Dürer’s era. The print is especially interesting because the artist depicted himself and his friends, members of the circle of Nuremberg humanists, among those who listen to the musicians. In the foreground, we can see brothers Stephan and Lukas Paumgartner. To the right (the man drinking from a […]

Martin Schongauer A parable from the Chapter 25 of the Gospel According to Matthew tells the story of ten virgins, of whom five were wise and five were foolish. According to an ancient Eastern custom, the bridegroom with his relatives and friends came into the house of the bride, and, as it generally was at […]

Резцовая гравюра на меди, или «классическая» гравюра возникла в первой половине XV века в мастерских ювелиров. Ювелиры, проверяя изображения, нанесенные на серебряные или золотые пластины, делали оттиски на бумаге. Так возникла идея тиражировать такие изображения. Вплоть до наших дней в работе над резцовой гравюрой применяют те же инструменты, которыми пользовались ювелиры. Это резцы (штихеля), пунсоны […]