RICHMOND -- The Monstrous Pig of Landser was born near Basel on the first of March in 1496, the year that Albrecht Durer began to cut the pear-wood blocks with which he printed his "Apocalypse." Now ...
A 1515 woodcut by Albrecht Durer titled “The Rhinoceros” sold for $866,500 at Christie’s in New York today, setting an auction record for the German Renaissance artist. The sale toppled a record set ...
This tankard or stein has been in the family for more than 60 years. The tankard is in mint condition and is about 15 inches tall. On the body there are the initials “AD” and the number 1514. The ...
Albrecht Durer’s woodcut titled “The Rhinoceros” set an auction record for the German Renaissance artist with a purchase price of $866,500 at Christie’s in New York yesterday. More records followed in ...
It may seem unlikely, but liberal democracy and the free, modern individual are accidental byproducts of the religious control and spiritual discipline of the Reformation in northern Europe. The ...