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Albrecht Durer (Basic Art)

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Taschen's artist series varies, but all are certainly carefully turned out little books, filled with nicely designed formats and excelletn printing.

This book on Dürer is an example of the better ones. The author begins right at what for me is the pinnacle of Dürer's art - his charcoal drawing of his mother near death, a supreme work of realism, and one of the most powerful portraits in art. A wealth of material is covered without too much difficulty, rather an accomplishment, as Dürer's worl is myriad and tricky to get a handle on.

Highly recommended, though Art History majors and readers up to a challenge should step up to the far more complex studies of Dürer by Panofsky and, especially, the more recent one by Joseph Koerner, The Moment of Self-Portraiture in German Renaissance Art, this latter now in paperback. Koerner's book also has a fine discussion of the misunderstood and very underappreciated art of Hans Baldung Grien.

I received this book in Perfect order. Lots of information in a small inexpensive book. The photos are excellent quality, thank you.