Albercht Durer

On Wednesday Feb 25th 2009, I went to the MFA in St. Pete to see the Albercht Durer Exhibit. Albercht Durer was a German artist in the 1500. This particular exhibit displayed his very detailed etchings, woodcuts, and a few of his paintings. The exhibit as a whole was absoultly amazing. The amount of detail he put into his etchings is mind boggling. He's techinque was seriously just meticulous hatching and cross hatching. What was truely impressive was the scale in which he did he work. Some of the etchings were as small as a half dollor and had to be seen with a magnifying glass in hand, but still the work was incredibly complex. Other pieces were chaotic in the hatching and cross hatching but in all that chaos there were angels and devils and movement. There were series from the bible such as Revelations, and the moments leading up to the birth of Christ. There were also genre etchings depicting peasant life. It was a truely impressive exhibition. I had the opportunity to go with my intermediate drawing class therefore I was able to do studies of his work. Here is one of my studies: ( Satyr and Nymph )