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DÜRER, Albrecht: Small Passion: 34. The Ascension

🖼 Small Passion: 34. The Ascension, 1511
Woodcut
129 × 99 cm
New York, USA

Soaring upward through clouds, Christ rises heavenward while disciples below gesture in awe, rendered in Dürer's precise woodcut technique. This image epitomizes Northern Renaissance spirituality and demonstrates the artist's mastery of perspective and dramatic movement in devotional narrative.

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