Albrecht Durer
By: Keelee Cox
Background Information
Northern High Renaissance
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Art Critique
Genre: Animal Portrait
Style/Form: Realistic
Description: Used natural colors to keep the painting as real as possible, with lots of line and texture to give the look of real feathers.
Formal Properties: Strong use of line for details and texture.
Interpretation: Durer chose one small part of an animal that may have seemed insignificant and focused on every little detail in order to show it's importance and beauty.
Feeling: This artwork makes me happy, I like that he focused on one part of an animal instead of the whole.
Favorite: My favorite part of the piece is just every tiny detail he added.
Judgement: Art as realism.
Works Sited
"Albrecht Durer - The Complete Works." Albrecht Durer - The Complete Works. Web. 23 Apr. 2015. <http://www.albrecht-durer.org/>.
"Albrecht Dürer - Animal Drawings, Paintings and Prints." Albrecht Dürer. Web. 15 Apr. 2015. <http://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/animals_in_art/albrecht_durer.htm>.
Esaak, Shelley. "Art History 101 - The High Northern Renaissance." Web. 24 Apr. 2015. <http://arthistory.about.com/cs/arthistory10one/a/late_north_ren.htm>.
"Northern Renaissance (c.1430-1580)." Northern Renaissance Art: History, Characteristics. Web. 24 Apr. 2015. <http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/northern-renaissance.htm>.