Memoirs Of Journeys To Venice And The Low Countries

By Albrecht Dürer

Book Overview

Memoirs of Journeys to Venice and the Low Countries is a book written by the German artist Albrecht D�����rer. It is a collection of the artist's travel memoirs, documenting his journeys to Venice and the Low Countries in the early 16th century. The book provides a first-hand account of D�����rer's experiences, including his interactions with other artists, his observations of the local culture, and his artistic inspirations. The memoirs are written in a conversational style and offer a unique insight into the life of a Renaissance artist. The book also includes illustrations by D�����rer, showcasing his skills as a printmaker and draftsman. Memoirs of Journeys to Venice and the Low Countries is a valuable resource for art historians, scholars, and anyone interested in the history of the Renaissance.Those who go about on the Riva always expect four times the value for anything, for they are the falsest knaves that live there. No one expects to get an honest service of them. For that reason some good people warned me to be on my guard against them. They told me that they cheat both man and beast, and that you could buy better things for less money at Frankfort than at Venice.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419133683
• ISBN13: 9781419133688
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A closer look at Dürer.

Albrecht Dürer was an incredible person and an amazing artist, and this book provides us with the chance to look into some of his thoughts. The first half of the book consists of Dürer's letters to Wilibald Pirkheimer, written while Dürer was in Venice (1506). These are fascinating, Dürer's description of the Venetians and of his artwork completed during his Venetian stay are especially of interest. The second half of this book is a record of Dürer's journey to the Netherlands (1520-1521). It is quite dull when he is merely recording how much money he has spent on what and where he has eaten. But he does describe things such as the great procession of Our Lady's Church in Antwerp, and he writes about his fears after Martin Luther is taken prisoner, which makes having to read the dull bits worth it.

Insightful letters to his benefactor shares much about Durer

In these days of superstars you fight to read everything you can about the person of interest. In my opinion, Albrecht Durer WAS the quintessential superstar of Rennaisance Germany, and here are letters written in his own hand. Sometimes funny, but always interesting, you learn of the ways barter was used to pay off debts, how copies of his many fine works were spread throughout Germany and the accounting of each "stiver" spent of Willibald Pirckheimer's money (his benefactor). Even the fateful journey to Zeeland to see the corpse of a whale, which lead to his death, is chronicled here. When you think in terms of the current speed of information gathering--it's hard to believe we are talking about 1514 and not 1998.