Kollwitz And Durer Essay

Albrecht Durer and Kathe Kollwitz were both notable artists. One left its mark during the Renaissance period and the other almost 400 years later. They had a major impression in the growth of German art; they were both highly talented and began to practice art very early in their lives. In addition to this, they were unique and because they didn’t follow the norm they excelled. This paper is going to look at the similarities and differences between Durer and Kollwitz in respect to their artistic styles. Albrecht Durer was a German artist who specialized in etching, engraving and printmaking. Kathe Kollwitz; also, a German artist focused primarily on prints and drawings. The two pieces of art that is going to be looked at is the Durer found in figure 4.47, Draftsman Drawing a Reclining Nude, made in 1527, and the medium was woodcut. Compared against the Kollwitz found in figure 8.15, Death and the Mother, made in 1934, and the medium is Lithograph. Both of these artist use printmaking as their medium. The two types of printmaking illustrated in these pieces are woodcut and lithography. They are very similar in technique, but also
Also, she lived through WWI and WWII and lost her son and grandson to the war . So, unlike Durer she has a greater fixation with the joys and tragedies of a person’s life. Her piece in named Death and the Mother, it shows a woman terrified holding her baby and death getting ready to overcome her. Durer's piece appeals to our intellect. His piece was created during the Renaissance and he uses a technique called foreshorting which is to portray or show an object or view as closer than it is or as having less depth or distance, as an effect of perspective or the angle of vision . The Renaissance period was a time where they wanted you to think about” the way art looked…”. Both of these artists wanted us to look past the prints and for us to focus and relate to the