(c1480-1538)
OTHER RENAISSANCE ARTISTS
(c1480-1538)
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| "German painter and printmaker. He studied in Austria, where he came
into contact with engravings by both Durer and Mantegna. However, he settled in Regensburg, where he spent the
rest of his career, specializing in religious and historical subjects. Like some other
artists of the Reformation period, his emphasis was less on the religious aspects of his
work than on the landscape, and Altdorfer became one of the most important representatives
of the Danube School of Painting, which was dominated by an interest in landscape. His
most important work is the Battle of
Issus (1529, Munich, Alte Pinakothek). This work, which gives a sense of
infinity through its use of panoramic landscape and thousands of minute figures, was a new
development in battle painting. The landscape here became more significant than the
figures." - From "The Bulfinch Guide to Art History"
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