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Albrecht Dürer : the human figure : the complete "Dresden sketchbook"

Title: Albrecht Dürer : the human figure : the complete "Dresden sketchbook" / edited, with an introd., translations, and commentary by Walter L. Strauss.
Author: Strauss, Walter L.
Publication: New York : Dover Publications, [©1972]

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"The illustrations have been reproduced from those in the portfolio Das Skizzenbuch von Albrecht Dürer in der königlichen öffentlichen Bibliothek zu Dresden, edited by Robert Bruck."
Cover title: The human figure by Albrecht Dürer.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-347).

Source (note)

of the Dedalus Foundation;

Contents

List of plates -- Notes on the use of the commentary -- Plates and commentaries: I. Studies in human proportion ; II. Studies of animals ; III. Geometrical, architectural, and perspective studies ; IV. Miscellaneous studies -- Concordance to Dresden folio numbers -- Concordance to Bruck numbers -- Watermarks of the papers used for the Dresden sketchbook.

Call Number

ReCAP 25-12511

ISBN

0486210421
9780486210421

LCCN

70184686

OCLC

222279423

Author

Strauss, Walter L.

Title

Albrecht Dürer : the human figure : the complete "Dresden sketchbook" / edited, with an introd., translations, and commentary by Walter L. Strauss.

Publisher

Description

xviii, 354 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-347).

Summary

Contains reproductions of a bound collection of various drawings made for Dürer's own reference or in preparation for some of his works, particularly four books on human proportion. The illustrations have been reproduced from those in the portfolio "Das Skizzenbuch von Albrecht Dürer in der Königlichen Öffentlichen Bibliothek zu Dresden", edited by Robert Bruck.

Source

Gift; of the Dedalus Foundation; 2025. NN

Added Author

Strauss, Walter L. Human figure by Albrecht Dürer.

Dedalus Foundation, donor. NN

Robert Motherwell Book Collection (New York Public Library. Art Division)

Research Call Number

ReCAP 25-12511

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