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Albrecht Altdorfer
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Early days:
Albrecht Altdorfer (1480-1538)
was a renowned german painter and architect of the Renaissance
era. He is well known for his landscape paintings and compositions
which were dominated by landscape.
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Career:
He is well known for his enormous panoramic
battle scenes in which his use of lights created movement and drama.
On a smaller scale, he additionally painted some of the first
true landscapes.He is well-known for his expansion of landscape as
a main pictorial feature.It is believed that he was immensely impressed by
the scenic beauty of the Austrian Alps when he travelled down
the Danube into Austria in the year 1511.Albrecht Atdorfer
also made and indepth study about the effects of light .He was the
city architect of Ratisbon and his pictures consisted of sophisticated
pictures due to his wide architectural interests.One of his widely
appreciated painting includes The Battle of Issus or
of (Alexander).His
other paintings include St George and the Drago and Susanna
and the Elders.
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He also had a keen interest in painting spiritual scenes.
His best religious scenes are powerful.His most well-known religious
painting is The Legend of St. Sebastian and the Passion
of Christ that
adorned the altar in the St. Florian monastery in Linz, Austria.
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