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Altdorfer |
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Altdorfer (German) [ˈaltdɔrfər] n (Biographies / Altdorfer, Albrecht (?1480-?1538) M, German, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter, ARTS AND CRAFTS: engraver) Albrecht (ˈalbrɛçt). ?1480-?1538, German painter and engraver: one of the earliest landscape painters How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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For example, Schama demonstrates convincingly how
nationalism in Germany was inseparable from its extensive
"wild" forest areas, from the sixteenth-century paintings of
the landscape artist Albrecht Altdorfer to the twentieth-century
mythology of the Nazis. One of the main ways that they accomplish this
task is by focusing on designs made by major name artists, such as
Albrecht Durer, Hans Holbein, Hans Baldung, and Albrecht Altdorfer. WOOD is professor of art history at Yale University
and the author of Albrecht Altdorfer and the Origins of Landscape
(University of Chicago Press, 1993), as well as numerous articles on
Northern Renaissance art and the history of art history. |
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