Art & Design

Art Appreciation

Printmaking

Investigate the artist Albrecht Dürer on the internet. He is considered the finest printmaker to have ever lived. Discuss Dürer and how his type of printmaking played a part in books and education during his lifetime.

-Describe mass production, its importance, and what it helped foster.

-Elaborate on how the world was before prints and printing presses.

-Discuss the difference between making single prints and making books on printing presses.

-Choose a print that appeals to you created by this artist. Explain how it was made, giving details of the technique (details, not just: “a woodcut”), and why you like it. Does it have social meaning, political meaning, or does it serve a practical function? Consider whether or not you could afford a print as opposed to a painting. Be sure to answer all parts of the question. Find a web site that has reliable information about Dürer’s prints, and include a link to the website in your post.

300 words minimum.