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Altdorfer, Albrecht

(äl`brĕkht ältdôr`fər), 1480–1538, German painter and engraver. He served as city architect of Regensburg, where much of his life was spent. Although influenced by Dürer, Altdorfer's works are less severe in mood. Altdorfer may have been the first German to paint pure landscape, of which the Danube Landscape at Regensburg (1522–25) is typical. His varied subject matter included allegorical and biblical themes such as Susannah at the Bath (1526) and Birth of the Virgin (c.1521). The Battle of Alexander (1529) displays his penchant for detailed, panoramic vistas. All four works are in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich. Equally skilled at woodcutting and engraving, Altdorfer often executed one subject in a variety of media.
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La minuciosidad con la que Altdorfer ejecuta los detalles de los arboles no se debe tanto a que reclame del espectador una contemplacion individual, recogida y a corta distancia (3), cuanto a que le ofrezca una extension sobre la que el ojo pueda posarse y recorrerla como la mano el pelaje de un animal.
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En una sala de la Alte Pinakothek de Munich cuelgan cuatro cuadros emblematicos del arte aleman en el transito del medioevo al renacimiento: <<Autorretrato con pelliza>> y <<Los cuatro evangelistas>> de Durero, <<La batalla de Alejandro>> de Altdorfer, y <<Lamentacion bajo la cruz>> de Cranach.
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A grandiose canvas by Albrecht Altdorfer, the Battle of Alexander at Issos (1529, Munchen, Alte Pinakothek), offers a rare aerial view of the Earth, evoking a geographer's perception of a large section of our planet, including the curving of the horizon.
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Painting: The Battle of Issus, 1529, Albrecht Altdorfer, Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
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