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The Complete Engravings, Etchings and Drypoints of Albrecht Durer (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)

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Albrecht Durer was a Master artist in many forms and this book does justice to his work. It has excellent plates and detailed text, and is a worthy addition to any library, expecially one which concentrates on fine art books.

If you are not familiar with the works of Durer, this is an excellent introduction. His attention to detail is unsurpassed in an artist of his time. If you are already an admirer, the text will give you some insights into his life and times that you had not before been aware of. It is a good quality book and well worth the purchase.

This is a wonderful source book for all of Durer's graphic work and should be in every one's library interested in master prints.

If only the reproductions were half as good as the originals. I kept it but had I known the quality was this poor I would have skipped it.

Because this book was a reasonable size I expected bigger reproductions. Most of the prints are a mere 3x5". If I live in the states I would have sent the book back.

Una gran edición a costo más que razonable para mi. Contiene todos los grabados en metal.

This book is one I refer to again and again. Having a handy reference for all of Durer's works, and to derive inspiration from them simply from contemplating each piece's complexity, as well as the scope of Durer's career, is incredibly useful. Yes, it would be better to view the originals, and I hope to someday. Until then, this excellent guide will do just fine. I keep it on my coffee table, along with several other art books. I get many visitors, and they almost always reach for this one first. Great conversation starter. I'm not sure what Albrecht himself would think of his masterpieces being reproduced and lying casually upon a table in book format, but my friends and I all dig it. I think you will too.

This is really money well spent if you are interested in the topic; there's a original sized picture of each work together with a brief description.

I like this book very much.
1) It contains all engraving,etching and drypoints works of Durer.
2) Most pictures are big enough to my expectation.
3) Print quality are good.

Thanks very much!

This book is cheap and full of amazing reproductions of Durers prints, what it lacks in text it more than makes up for in images

The book was marked on the Amazon "like new" when in fact it is all yellow, cover is scratched and first two pages are moldy. I am not comfortable to put this book on the shelf with my books. Does the mold spread?
The book was sent to me in the "manila" envelope (!) which got ripped in the mail transition. The book's cover was spoiled.
Also, our mailman folded that envelop, probably thinking that's a magazine. The book was folded.
Man