Albrecht D rerKnight Death and Devil 1513
Albrecht Durer was born May 21, 1471 in Germany. ... Dürer learned his skills at an early age in the craft of metalwork, which nurtured his precocious talent. ... This early training lead to many world-renowned works of art including one of my favorites “Knight, Death, and the Devil.” This print is that of a series of three known as the Three Master Prints of 1513-1514, which were made by the engraving process. The three engravings are “Knight, Death, and Devil”; “St. ... “Knight, Death, and Devil”, which Dürer referred to simply as Der Reuter which means the Rider, has often been interpreted as Erasmuss sturdy "Christian Soldier," who scoffs at Death and the Devil as he goes about Gods work in his journey through life. ... On his way, he encounters Death who is the old man with serpents for hair and the Devil who is the single-horned goat, but he does not even give them a moments glance. ... In the left corner is a skull, symbolic of the fate of all mankind, just above Albrecht Durers signature, "A.D."(Oregon) In depicting a dedicated Christian knight whom Death and the Devil are unable to distract or attack Durer shows a combination of the Flemish with the unmistakable detail of the theoretical aspects of the Renaissance.