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DÜRER, Albrecht: Adam and Eve

🖼 Adam and Eve, 1504
Engraving
252 × 194 cm
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Rendered in precise engraving, two idealized nudes stand flanking the tree of knowledge, their bodies governed by mathematical proportions and classical geometry. Dürer's 1504 masterwork synthesizes Northern Renaissance detail with Italian humanist ideals, establishing the artist's revolutionary approach to depicting the human form.

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