Albrecht Dürer

[bridgit]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer

[MissHoneychurch]

1. One of the greatest artists ever

I especially love his engravings. They are just masterpieces.

[Oeditpus Rex]

3. Oooo! Since you're here

I'll post the un-translated version. :7



Albrecht Dürer, geboren 1471, gestorben 1530. Der Nürnberger Maler, der ganz Europa faszinierte mit seinem scharfen Auge, seiner Meisterschaft in Linienführung und Plastizität, sowie seiner Leihwagenfirma...

Wir bitten Sie, die Ungenauigkeiten, die sich in dieses Dürer-Porträt eingeschlichen haben, zu entschuldigen. Dürer hat nie eine Leihwagenfirma betrieben. Wir danken für Ihr Verständnis.

Nürnberg, die Heimatstadt Dürers. Ihren Einfluss kann keines seiner Werke verleugnen. Porträts, Landschaften, subtile Naturmotive, soziale Themen, religiöse Themen... Stets schimmert durch Dürers Werk sein ausgeprägter Sinn für das Groteske. Um mehr über Dürer zu erfahren, über den Menschen Dürer, im Gegensatz zu dem Insekt Dürer, ...

Pass ja auf!

Um herauszufinden, was in diesem grossen Renaissancekünstler vor sich ging, sprachen wir mit einem Australier in Sydney.

"Ah. Hallo! Ich weiss über Dürer genausoviel wie über das Rektum eines Känguruhs. Die Hinterbacken eines Känguruhs sind eine hübsche stramme kleine Sache, verglichen mit den Hinterbacken anderer Beuteltiere. Ich persönlich sage übrigens lieber Arsch. Hintern. Arsch. Hintern. Arsch, Arsch, Hintern... Hintern, Arsch, Arsch, Hintern, Hintern, Arsch, Hintern... Ah! Arsch, Hintern, Hintern, Arsch."

Bitte entschuldingen Sie den völlig unpassenden Stil dieses Dürer-Porträts. Wir fangen noch einmal an mit einer Würdigung seines Lebens und seiner Werke. Gesungen von Anita Eckberg.

[MissHoneychurch]

8. Danke

:7

[bridgit]

21. man was genius...

plain & simple :hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. Albrecht Dürer: 1471-1530

(as the narrator speaks, paintings by Dürer are shown on the screen)

The Nuremberg painter who captivated Europe with his sharp eye, his mastery of line and texture, his car hire service.

We apologise for the inaccuracies that have crept into this portrait of Albrecht Dürer. Dürer never operated a car hire service. Thank you.

Dürer drew his inspiration from his birthplace, Nuremberg. Portraits, landscapes, details of nature, social themes, religious themes... But always present was a fascination with the grotesque. To find out more about Dürer the man, as opposed to Dürer the insect...

Watch it!

To find out what went on in the mind of this great artist, we spoke to a person in Sydney.

"I know as much about Dürer as i know about a kangaroo's rectum. Well, a kangaroo's bum is a pretty tight little number, compared to other marsupial's bums. Well, personally, I prefer arse..."

We apologise for the inappropriate style of the portrait of Dürer. We'll start again with an appreciation of his life and works, sung by Miss Anita Eckberg.

:D

[AllegroRondo]

4. Argh! beat me to it!

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. No worries

There's a lot more of the bit that I didn't post. :hi:

[Dora]

5. I remember when one of his engravings showed up on Antiques Roadshow.

No shit. Antiques Roadshow. The woman was stunned to learn that the dark and disturbing picture she had inherited and did not particularly care for was worth 5-6 figures.

I think the man was bleeding genius.

[AllegroRondo]

7. you get some wild stuff on Antiques Roadshow

I remember one lady who brought in a single silver spoon she had found in the rafters of her house. Turned out to be worth about $100,000. she nearly fainted.

[grace0418]

14. I saw that one! She didn't even have it in a proper frame either.

It was just hanging in her stairway. Unbelievable! Why can't I have something like that just hanging around? Of course, I would *know* an Albrecht Durer if I saw one. He was a genius for sure.

[Ptah]

9. Albert Dreher

http://www.albertdreher.com/

[bridgit]

20. i love that person's work, clearly keyed on the cliff dweller experience...

wonderful, thanks for the link :hi:

[Ptah]

23. The name similarity caught my eye.

:hi:

[bridgit]

25. heh-heh, a proper sense of art history perhaps...

:hi: :donut:

[trackfan]

10. Truly one of the "ones who ride in front"

in my opinion.

[bridgit]

24. yep, big dog on the front porch...

:)

[xchrom]

11. i saw a show at the gugenheim that juxtaposed some of durer's works

with robert maplethorpe.

amazing.

[bridgit]

13. hm, that would be...

:hi:

[xchrom]

22. my wonderful bridgit!!!

:hi: :pals:

[bridgit]

26. dahlink, it is you!!

:bounce: :hi: :hug: :loveya:

[GenDem]

12. I love his bunny

[bridgit]

19. his bunny is beautiful; dude had a photographic eye no doubt...

:headbang:

[mopinko]

15. i was told that the rhinocerous

is still being printed from his original block, even though it split in 2 long ago. it was glued back together.

[bridgit]

16. now *that*...would be a restoration process...

amazing :wow:

[mopinko]

17. nope, it is still in good shape

they just glued/screwed it together, is what i was told, by a guy who is a master printmaker and teacher.

[bridgit]

18. hahaha, something with a little more finesse than Elmer's Wood Glue...

i should have mentioned http://www.artsmia.org/restoration-online :thumbsup:

[JVS]

27. Dude had the mad woodcutting skillz!

[bridgit]

28. a full-on mad dog wood cut'n dude par excel-lance without doubt ...