Albrecht Dürer

Albrecht Dürer is a German Northern Renaissance painter, engraver, and theorist, polyvalent genius who elevated printmaking to the rank of major art. Unequaled master of woodcut and copperplate engraving techniques, he creates works of extraordinary precision such as "Melencolia I" and "Knight, Death and the Devil", while producing self-portraits and watercolors of astonishing modernity. Erudite humanist fascinated by mathematics, perspective, and anatomy, he establishes a bridge between Italian and Northern art, introducing Renaissance ideals to Northern Europe with unprecedented intellectual rigor and technical virtuosity.