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...engravings of Albert Durer, the conflicting ideals of mediaeval and renaissance art can be seen to blend. In walking through the Durer exhibition now on view in the Germanic Museum, one feels that he is at the convergence of two ages...
...Durer traveled to Venice, and there became interested in the Italian Renaissance. The influence this had on his art is illustrated in "The Dream". An awakened interest in the human form is shown by the central figure of a nude woman, a sharp contrast with the heavily draped figures to be seen in his earlier pictures...
...concerning culture of the Germanic countries. Among the treasures of the library is an illustrated first edition of Haus Sachs, entitled the "Wittenburg Nightingale." This is a Protestant poem which was published in 1523, written to be a veiled attack on Catholicism. There is also a volume of Albert Durer's writings which contains several of his famous wood-cuts...
Beginning today a collection of prints showing decorative art motives will be on exhibit in Gallery 15 of the Fogg Art Museum. Arranged to illustrate the development of decorative art over a period of centuries, the collection is made up of engravings and etchings from the works of Rembrandt, Durer, Clodion, Hogarth, Van Dyke, and many others...
...Fine Arts at that University, will give a lecture on "Principles of Iconographical Interpretation Illustrated by some Van Eyck Pictures," on Monday, at 5 o'clock in the Large Lecture Hall of the Fogg Museum. On Tuesday at the same time and place, he will give a talk on "Durer's Melancolia." Professor Panofsky is one of the outstanding critics and authorities of art in Europe, and is only recently arrived in this country...