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Dürer, Albrecht - Religious works - Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Identifier
020941
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
Albrecht Durer, - Dr Diane Severance
Dürer's earliest major work, The Apocalypse, was a series of large prints illustrating the book of Revelation, with the Scripture on the reverse side. To make these Dürer used large blocks of hardwood cut to the size of full pages of paper, several times larger than the blocks then in use. Dürer's large illustrations were detailed and full of energy. His Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse has never been surpassed. Dürer followed the Apocalypse with Life of Mary and a large and small series on the Passion of Christ. These illustrations were designed to be used by teachers and clergy, but, in a day before widespread literacy, could also be important devotional tools for Christian laymen.
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Dürer, AlbrechtConcepts, symbols and science items
Concepts
ApocalypseSymbols
AngelArrow
Bow
Dragon
Four
Horse
Horse – high horses
Party hat with tassle
Scales
Sun and Moon
Sword
Trident