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Definition of Durer
1. Noun. A leading German painter and engraver of the Renaissance (1471-1528).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Durer
Literary usage of Durer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1844)
"ALBERT Durer.—A SKETCH. ВY MRS. ELLET. AT the house occupied by Albert Durer in
Vienna, in the early part of the sixteenth century, were assembled several ..."
2. The Mentor: A Wise and Faithful Guide and FriendArt (1913)
"Other portraits are probably much more like Durer as Nuremberg saw him. This presents
his own ideal of himself as creative artist, exemplifying a spiritual ..."
3. Sketches of Art, Literature, and Character by Jameson (Anna) (1864)
"From the fortress we look down upon the house of Albert Durer, ... What can Fuseli
mean by saying that Albert Durer " was a man of extreme ingenuity with- ..."
4. A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and by William Tooke, William Beloe, Robert Nares (1798)
"The emperor Maximilian had a great affection for Durer, treated him with a
particular regard, and gave him a good pen- fion, and letters of nobility : and ..."
5. Great Men and Famous Women: A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives by Charles Francis Horne (1894)
"ALBERT Durer* BY WJ HOLLAND, CHANCELLOR OF THE WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
... Albert Durer, the father of the great artist, was a goldsmith, ..."
6. The Story of Nuremberg by Cecil Headlam (1900)
"But in his engravings Durer did not confine himself to any one subject: sacred
and secular history, mythology, animals, satire, humour, architecture, ..."
7. Etching and etchers by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1876)
"CHAPTER I. ALBERT Durer. TH\URER was so magnificent a master in the powers and
qualities he cared for and aimed at, that it is the more necessary to ..."
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