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Danube landscape near Regensburg, by Albrecht Altdorfer A landscape etching by Albrecht Altdorfer. The Danube school or Donau school (German: Donauschule or Donaustil) was a circle of painters of the first third of the 16th century in Bavaria and Austria (mainly along the Danube valley). Many were also innovative printmakers, usually in etching.
Albrecht Altdorfer produced the very first pure landscapes in the history of European art. [1] Only five surviving landscape paintings are generally accepted to have been painted by Altdorfer. [2] Two of them, one in Munich (30.5 × 22.2 cm) and one in London (41.2 × 35.5 cm), were painted in oils on parchment glued on wood.
Jess Moss, AOL Onion-domed churches, vineyards chiseled into hills, ancient castles and grand palaces: a river cruise on the Danube is a scenic affair. In August I joined Viking River Cruise's ...
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States.
The winners of the 2024 European Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards have been announced. Launched in 2001, this competition is one of the most prestigious in modern nature photography. This ...
He was a painter, etcher, architect, and engraver, and the leader of the Danube school of German art. As evidenced by such paintings as Saint George in the Forest (1510) and Allegory (1531), much of Altdorfer's work is characterised by an attachment to sprawling landscapes that dwarf the figures within them; [ 30 ] The Battle of Alexander at ...
The vessels were among hundreds scuttled along the Danube by Nazi Germany's Black Sea fleet in 1944 as they retreated from advancing Soviet forces, and still hamper river traffic during low water ...
The figures are seated at the bank of a body of water, with a large overhang above them. It depicts the female personifications of what are believed to be four continents - Europe, Asia, Africa and America - sitting with the male personifications of their respective major rivers – the Danube, the Ganges, the Nile and the Río de la Plata. [4]