Albrecht Dürer's Four Apostles : Image, Word, and Meaning / Carl P.E. Springer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Springer, Carl P.E., author.

Series:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--History.

Art.

Church history.

Early Modern History.

History.

Arts and religion.

Religious Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Image, Word, and Meaning

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Preface

List of Figures

Abbreviations

1 Preliminaries

2 Four

3 Venice

4 Reformations

5 Portraits

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789004745575

OCLC:

1549517610

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004745575 DOI