Excerpt from Masters in Art, Vol. 5: A Series of Illustrated Monographs; D???rer (Engravings) In 1471, Nuremberg, of all places north of the Alps, was the ideal birth place for an artist. True always to the emperor, true always to herself, Nu remberg was the supreme type of a free town. She was a Venice clothed in homespun. All the trade of the East paused at her gates. Already the city had produced a long list of great men when Albrecht Durer came as the cor onal of all. There was Peter Vischer, the inspired brazier, as ...
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Excerpt from Masters in Art, Vol. 5: A Series of Illustrated Monographs; D???rer (Engravings) In 1471, Nuremberg, of all places north of the Alps, was the ideal birth place for an artist. True always to the emperor, true always to herself, Nu remberg was the supreme type of a free town. She was a Venice clothed in homespun. All the trade of the East paused at her gates. Already the city had produced a long list of great men when Albrecht Durer came as the cor onal of all. There was Peter Vischer, the inspired brazier, as he called himself; Veit Stoss, whose carving greets you still in the old city; Adam Kraft, busy with his wonderful ambry, or sacrament house; and, above all, a certain Hans Sachs, who made boots and verses, both excellently. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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