Nature and Nature's God: Landscape and Cosmos of Albrecht Altdorfer
1999; College Art Association; Volume: 81; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/3050689
ISSN1559-6478
Autores Tópico(s)Historical Astronomy and Related Studies
ResumoAlthough Albrecht Altdorfer (1484–1538), like Albrecht Durer, is often celebrated as a breakthrough artist who anticipates the modern virtuoso, his works remain predominantly religious narratives, situated in sacred wilderness groves. Moreover, the skies of Altdorfer's works contain celestial phenomena (comets, coronas) that reveal the intimate nexus between heaven and earth, either as portents of catastrophe (associated with the Crucifixion) or as glowing celebrations (Nativity). Altdorfer's known connections with learned astrologer-prognosticators, such as Joseph Grunpeck, link him with a wider humanist network, including Sebastian Brant, whose woodcut broadsheets also promulgated similar linkages between celestial and terrestrial events.
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