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DÜRER, Albrecht: Bearing of the Cross (No. 10)

🖼 Bearing of the Cross (No. 10), 1512
Engraving
117 × 74 cm
Princeton, USA

Crowded chaos surrounds Christ's ascent, rendered in Dürer's intricate woodcut technique with angular figures and dramatic perspective. This print revolutionized Northern European religious imagery, blending spiritual intensity with unprecedented technical mastery and emotional psychological depth.

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