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DÜRER, Albrecht: St John’s Church

🖼 St John’s Church, c. 1489
Watercolour and gouache on paper
29 × 42 cm
St. Petersburg, Russia

Intricate linear perspective guides the viewer through a soaring Gothic interior, its ribbed vaults and columns rendered with mathematical precision. Dürer's architectural study revolutionized Northern European printmaking, establishing the woodcut as a vehicle for sophisticated spatial exploration and technical mastery.

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