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Dürer's Lost Masterpiece - Art and Society at the Dawn of a Global World (Hardcover)
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Dürer's Lost Masterpiece - Art and Society at the Dawn of a Global World (Hardcover)
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Dürer's Lost Masterpiece tracks the history of a turning point in
the career of the celebrated German artist Albrecht Dürer
(1471-1528), when he stopped painting altarpieces after arguing
with a merchant patron over payment. As an eloquent homage to
Dürer´s life, it brings us closer to the creation and meaning of
his paintings than ever before. Dürer's Lost Masterpiece considers
the celebrated German artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), his time
and his legacy. It tracks the history of a crucial, and often
overlooked, turning point in his career, when Dürer stopped
painting altarpieces after falling out with the Frankfurt merchant
Jacob Heller over a commission. The story of this painting, as
Dürer´s lost masterpiece, functions as a lens through which to
view the new relationship developing between art, collecting and
commerce in Europe up to the Thirty Years´ War (1618-1648) when
global trade and cultural exchanges were increasing. At the heart
of the book is the argument that merchants, and their mentalities,
were crucial for the making of Renaissance art and its legacy for
modern art. The book draws on a decade of research, and uniquely
draws the reader into the rich emotional worlds of three merchants
each of whom typified the evolving relationship between art and
commerce in that entrepreneurial, and often ruthless, age. It
brings to life Dürer´s determined fight for creative makers to be
adequately paid and explores the big questions about how European
societies came to value the arts and crafts that remain relevant to
our time.
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