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DÜRER, Albrecht: Landscape with Cannon

🖼 Landscape with Cannon, 1518
Etching
217 × 322 cm
New York, USA

Rendered in precise detail, a massive cannon dominates a rocky hillside overlooking a distant valley and fortified town. Dürer's 1518 etching celebrates military innovation and Renaissance mastery of perspective, merging landscape observation with technological prowess during the age of artillery transformation.

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E. H. Gombrich
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