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DÜRER, Albrecht: Figure of Woman Shown in Motion

🖼 Figure of Woman Shown in Motion, 1528
Woodcut
22 × 16 cm
Vienna, Austria

Caught mid-stride, a woman's figure twists dynamically across the page in Dürer's precise linework, her drapery flowing with anatomical conviction. This study exemplifies Renaissance mastery of human movement and proportion, foundational to Northern European artistic innovation.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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