
Albrecht Dürer
Born
in
Nuremberg
in
1471,
Dürer
rose
to
prominence
as
a
painter
and
printmaker
in
his
twenties
in
large
part
due
to
his
exquisite
and
prolific
engravings.
Son
of
a
goldsmith
and
godson
to
one
of
the
most
prosperous
printer-publishers
of
the
time,
Dürer
was
born
with
a
penchant
for
print.
Heavily
influenced
by
classical
motifs
and
relationships
with
Italian
Renaissance
artists
including
Raphael
and
Leonardo
da
Vinci,
Dürer
developed
a
style
marked
by
mathematical
principles,
perspective,
and
ideal
proportions.
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