Albrecht Dürer's Four Apostles : Image, Word, and Meaning /
Springer, Carl P.E.,
Albrecht Dürer's Four Apostles : Image, Word, and Meaning / Image, Word, and Meaning Carl P.E. Springer. - 1 online resource (142 pages) : illustrations. - Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2025 Mini-Monographs in Medieval and Early Modern Studies ; 4 . - Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2025. Mini-Monographs in Medieval and Early Modern Studies ; 4. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations -- 1 Preliminaries -- 2 Four -- 3 Venice -- 4 Reformations -- 5 Portraits -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.
The year 2026 means that 500 years have passed since Albrecht Dürer's monumental Four Apostles was completed, but these two panels continue to attract much scholarly and popular attention. This monograph argues persuasively that Dürer's diptych represents the artist's vision of ideal harmony even as it acknowledges the reality of distinct identities. Even five centuries later, this composition retains an uncanny ability to move viewers who live in very different times and places but still deal with the same issues of division and unity that challenged the artist, his church, and his city in the early sixteenth century.
English
9789004745575
10.1163/9789004745575 DOI
Art History.
Church History.
Early Modern History.
History.
Religion and the Arts.
Religious Studies.
N5305
709
Albrecht Dürer's Four Apostles : Image, Word, and Meaning / Image, Word, and Meaning Carl P.E. Springer. - 1 online resource (142 pages) : illustrations. - Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2025 Mini-Monographs in Medieval and Early Modern Studies ; 4 . - Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2025. Mini-Monographs in Medieval and Early Modern Studies ; 4. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations -- 1 Preliminaries -- 2 Four -- 3 Venice -- 4 Reformations -- 5 Portraits -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.
The year 2026 means that 500 years have passed since Albrecht Dürer's monumental Four Apostles was completed, but these two panels continue to attract much scholarly and popular attention. This monograph argues persuasively that Dürer's diptych represents the artist's vision of ideal harmony even as it acknowledges the reality of distinct identities. Even five centuries later, this composition retains an uncanny ability to move viewers who live in very different times and places but still deal with the same issues of division and unity that challenged the artist, his church, and his city in the early sixteenth century.
English
9789004745575
10.1163/9789004745575 DOI
Art History.
Church History.
Early Modern History.
History.
Religion and the Arts.
Religious Studies.
N5305
709