A public lecture sponsored by CHE and the UQ Art Museum
Paper Title:
1498 - Albrecht Dürer & The Quest for Fame
Guest presenter:
Professor Jeffrey Chipps Smith (Kay Fortson
Chair in European Art at The University of Texas at Austin)
Time and Date:
6.00 pm on Thursday 23 August 2012
Venue:
UQ Art Museum
University Drive, St Lucia
www.artmuseum.uq.edu.au
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Please RSVP to the UQ Art Museum by Friday 17 August.
Email: artmuseum@uq.edu.au
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Dürer and Fame
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Lecture Abstract
When assessing an artist's career, certain moments stand out for
their exceptional cretivity or dramatic change. Albrecht
Dürer truly came of age in 1498 just three years after establishing
his Nuremberg workshop. His prints' technical virtuosity and
visual sophistication dazzled viewers and surpased his
rivals. The Apocalypse, the first book designed and
published by an artis, earned him international fame. He
studied nudes and experimented with perspective. Dürer's ambition
culminated in his remarkable Self-Portrait
, and how he chose to fashion himself.
Jeffrey Chipps Smith Biography
After receiving his doctorate at Columbia University in 1970,
Professor Jeffrey Chipps Smith joined the Faculty of the University
of Texas at Austin. He holds the Kay Fortson Chair in
European art. His teaching and publications focus on art in
northern Europe, especially Germany and the Netherlands
(1400-1700). Smith has received numerous awards and
fellowships from the Alexaner von Humboldt Stiftung, Amercian
Academy in Berlin, John simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and
the Geisteswissenschaftiches Zentrum Geschichte and Kultur
Ostmitteleuropas e. V. Universitat Leipzig, among others.
