Albrecht Dürer was born in 1471 to a successful family, the head of whom was a goldsmith. When he was 15, Dürer began studying with Michael Wolgemut, a German printmaker. It was under his tutelage that Dürer shaped into a…
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The Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art
Noah Charney and Ingrid Rowland
W. W. Norton & Company (2017)
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Velázquez, The Coronation of the Virgin (1635-6), Museo Nacional del Prado Velázquez painted this for Queen Elizabeth of Bourbon’s new prayer..
Titian, The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence (1567), El Escorial. Today is the feast day of Saint Lawrence, who was martyred on a gridiron during Valerian’s..