It was 500 years ago this fall that religious rabble-rouser Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to a Wittenberg church door. In anticipation of the anniversary, Cincinnati Art Museum presents Albrecht ...

It’s been an exciting summer for art historians and fans of Albrecht Dürer, one of the most important figures of the German Renaissance. Less than a month after the sensational discovery of a ...

Debate has continued for five centuries as to the artist’s true intention with the work, including with the title itself, since the significance of melancholy was up for debate in the Renaissance. The ...

A detailed Renaissance engraving once saved from the dump by an 11-year-old boy has been identified as the work of Albrecht Dürer, the famed German Renaissance artist. The rare print is now heading to ...

“WHAT beauty is I know not, though it holds fast to many things.” So wrote the great Northern Renaissance artist, writer and illustrator Albrecht Durer in 1508. This quote certainly embodies the man ...

Created in 1515 Dürer’s woodcut shaped public perceptions of the creature for more than two centuries. It’s a pre-eminent example of art besting reality Albrecht Dürer had a showman’s instincts for ...