Artist of the Reformation: The Story of Albrecht Durer

Albrecht Dürer, the “Leonardo of the North”, was more than just a gifted artist. He was a writer, a clever businessman, an apt teacher of students, and a man passionately interested in attracted to the theology of Martin Luther. He did more than just create works of art for wealthy patrons; he also took advantage of the new technology of printing to bring his illustrations of the Bible to a wide audience of ordinary people. This biography focuses on Dürer the man, rather than Dürer the artist. Joyce is a master at helping us to understand a historical figure by showing us his childhood, family, friends, and hopes and fears. Filled with excerpts from Dürer’s own writings and illustrated with 20 of his most famous pieces. At the death of Albrecht D:urer, Martin Luther wrote, “It is natural and right to weep for so excellent a man.” In addition to creating hundreds of engravings, woodcuts, drawings, and paintings, Dürer wrote books on geometry, fortification, and human proportions. He exp