Fall of Man 
Fall of Man Albrecht Durer a German renaissance artist. His skills were displayed in paintings, printmaking, mathematician, theorist and engravings. He was known as the Renaissance man. Born in Germany, he took several trips to Italy over the years to learn a new perspective on art. Durer developed an understanding for the renaissance art craze. After making his first trip to Italy, Durer produced an artwork of great propose. Bringing together Albrecht Durer unique set of skills of mathematician and woodcut (Printmaking). Durer took a stand in the Italian renaissance for his artwork “ Fall of Man” (Adam and Eve).
At the time that Durer finished “Fall of Man” during the protestant reformation, a change in the church was taking place. Arts though also was on the rise of artistic changes. The art during the 1500’s saw a shift in the depiction of the human figure. Durer brought this change to the next degree in making the perfect human figures. To the point where Albrecht Durer wrote a German book, breaking down the mathematic science behind drawing the human figure. He took what he had learned in Italy and had a better understanding of the human figure and what it should be appear as. Moreover, took these learnings into a woodcut of Adam and Eve in the “Fall of Man”. As told in the bible, New Testament, and over history Adam and Eve were the first humans. So Durer chooses them to create his perfect proportioned human figures. In doing so, Durer posed one nude male figure (Adam) and one nude female figure (Eve). They faced eachother in a way to show off the features that make them perfect. Showing exactly how you or I would be standing. In Albrecht Durer, Fall of Man (Adam and Eve), 1504 engraving (Kleiner, 2010). Using a technique called woodcut to fulfill this artistic marvel. Roughly twenty-five in a half centimeters by twenty centimeters print. Durer learned his skills from his father a goldsmith and godfathered a printmaker. First Durer took a wooden
At the time that Durer finished “Fall of Man” during the protestant reformation, a change in the church was taking place. Arts though also was on the rise of artistic changes. The art during the 1500’s saw a shift in the depiction of the human figure. Durer brought this change to the next degree in making the perfect human figures. To the point where Albrecht Durer wrote a German book, breaking down the mathematic science behind drawing the human figure. He took what he had learned in Italy and had a better understanding of the human figure and what it should be appear as. Moreover, took these learnings into a woodcut of Adam and Eve in the “Fall of Man”. As told in the bible, New Testament, and over history Adam and Eve were the first humans. So Durer chooses them to create his perfect proportioned human figures. In doing so, Durer posed one nude male figure (Adam) and one nude female figure (Eve). They faced eachother in a way to show off the features that make them perfect. Showing exactly how you or I would be standing. In Albrecht Durer, Fall of Man (Adam and Eve), 1504 engraving (Kleiner, 2010). Using a technique called woodcut to fulfill this artistic marvel. Roughly twenty-five in a half centimeters by twenty centimeters print. Durer learned his skills from his father a goldsmith and godfathered a printmaker. First Durer took a wooden