Durer's Journeys: Travels of a Renaissance Artist

Albrecht Dürer, a renowned Renaissance artist, was an international traveler who established relationships with artists in Italy, the Low Countries, and beyond. This book explores Dürer's career as an artist-entrepreneur, explorer, and innovator of artistic theory, using paintings, drawings, and prints to examine his practices and encounters. It also includes his treatises and letters, as well as a detailed journal documenting his journey to the Low Countries in 1520–21. The exhibition schedule includes the National Gallery in London and the Suermondt-Ludwig Museum in Aachen.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 304 pages
\n Publication date: 02 March 2021
\n Publisher: National Gallery Company Ltd
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The visual legacy of Dürer's travels extends far beyond his lifetime and throughout Europe, and the documents illuminating them offer unique insights into the distinctive ways Dürer conducted and managed his career, making him an intriguing and even controversial figure. This generously illustrated book examines the career of preeminent Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) as an international traveler, addressing his relations with artists from Italy to the Low Countries, including Giovanni Bellini, Joos van Cleve, Jan Gossaert, Lucas van Leyden, Quentin Massys, and Bernard van Orley. Bringing together paintings, drawings, and prints, the book examines Dürer as an artist-entrepreneur, explorer, and innovator of artistic theory. Dürer's treatises and letters, and his detailed journal documenting his journey to the Low Countries in 1520–21, offer insights into his artistic practices and encounters with artists and patrons, as well as the nature of travel in the early 16th century.

Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press, the exhibition schedule for this captivating book is as follows:

The National Gallery, London: March 6, 2021 – June 13, 2021

Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Aachen: July 18, 2021 – October 24, 2021

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the art world, Renaissance art, or the fascinating life and career of Albrecht Dürer. It provides a comprehensive and insightful exploration of Dürer's travels, artistic practices, and relationships with other artists, shedding light on his legacy as one of the most influential artists of the early modern period.

\n Weight: 1902g\n
Dimension: 247 x 289 x 31 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781857096675\n \n