Dürer

[ door-er, dyoor-; German dy-ruhr ]

/ ˈdʊər ər, ˈdyʊər-; German ˈdü rər /

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noun

Al·brecht

[ahl-brekht], /ˈɑl brɛxt/, 1471–1528, German painter and engraver.

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Words nearby Dürer

Durban, Durban poison, durbar, dure, Düren, Dürer, Dürer, Albrecht, duress, duressor, Durex, D'Urfey

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How to use Dürer in a sentence

Her work has an inspired completion and accuracy that recalls artists like Durer or Vermeer.
Alice Munro, Cinderella Story|Gish Jen|October 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
As the years went by, seventeen other children came to the Durer home.
Great Artists, Vol 1.|Jennie Ellis Keysor
Such a subject gave Durer ample scope for the use of his imagination.
Great Artists, Vol 1.|Jennie Ellis Keysor
In 1526, Durer sent these pictures as a gift to the Council of Nuremberg.
Great Artists, Vol 1.|Jennie Ellis Keysor

The fifth chapter comprehends the period in which Albert Durer flourished,—that is, from about 1498 to 1528.
A Treatise on Wood Engraving|John Jackson
Here might I note the error of good Albert Durer, which affirmeth that no perpendicular lines can be paralleles.
The Path-Way to Knowledg|Robert Record

British Dictionary definitions for Dürer

Dürer

/ (German ˈdyːrər) /

noun

Albrecht (ˈalbrɛçt). 1471–1528, German painter and engraver, regarded as the greatest artist of the German Renaissance and noted particularly as a draughtsman and for his copper engravings and woodcuts

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