Dura worked during the middle ages, and lived in Nuremberg during what we know recognize as its golden age.
2.Who and what was an influence on his artwork?
In 1494, Durer traveled to Italy to study art, Durer was heavily influenced by the Italians, and one writer in particular: Vitruvius. Durer was most interested in their efforts to find the mathematical proportions for portraying the perfect figure. One artist Durer drew inspiration from in particular while he was studying in Italy, was Andrea Mantegna, an Italian painter fascinated with the element of perspective. But a huge fear that Durer captured and used, as inspiration was the idea of the world coming to an end, the idea of the end of the world was one everyone at the time was obsessed with. Durer seized this idea and ventured out to complete the tedious, and never before completed project of being the first person to both publish and illustrate a book. The task was incredibly complicated, though as a result, Durer …show more content…
Durer was most interested in their efforts to find the mathematical proportions for portraying the perfect figure. One artist Durer drew inspiration from in particular while he was studying in Italy, was Andrea Mantegna, an Italian painter fascinated with the element of perspective. But a huge fear that Durer captured and used, as inspiration was the idea of the world coming to an end, the idea of the end of the world was one everyone at the time was obsessed with. Durer seized this idea and ventured out to complete the tedious, and never before completed project of being the first person to both publish and illustrate a book. The task was incredibly complicated, though as a result, Durer invented the printing press, and Durer successfully created the book, which told of both the end, and the new beginning that was to