Dürer's animals
By: Colin Eisler.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press; Smithsonian
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
Subjects: Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528 -- Criticism and interpretation; Animals in art
Description: "Dürer's Animals presents a pictorial zoo, a menagerie of beasts, taken from drawings, illuminated manuscripts, paintings, etchings, engravings, woodcuts, and pageants Dürer created for the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian. This profusely illustrated book includes Dürer's designs for jewelry, armor, caricatures, astronomical maps, zoological freaks, light fixtures, and hieroglyphs."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-363) and index.