A chronological catalogue of the engravings, dry-points and etchings of Albert Dürer, as exhibited at the Grolier club; (1897)
Koehler, S. R. (Sylvester Rosa), 1837-1900, Grolier Club · New York, The Grolier Club · leaf 122
becomes apparent at once whenwe compare, for instance, the group of Adam and Eve by Jan Van Eyckwith the plate under consideration, and the Studies for Adam and Eve (No.112 of this catalogue) may also be consulted for the same purpose. Whatawkward poses, what a difficulty in spreading their limbs,… … CATALOGUE OF DURERS ENGRAVINGS, limbs, they are yet not ashamed of them, and they do not, therefore, attemptto hide them. The great significance of these figures for the peoples north ofthe Alps is this, that they proclaim the emancipation of the flesh, under theinfluence of the antique,— its…
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528 · Engraving
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