CONTENTS

PREFACE

[PART I]

CONCERNING GENERAL IDEAS IMPORTANT TO THE

COMPREHENSION OF DÜRER'S LIFE AND ART

[I. THE IDEA OF PROPORTION]

[II THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGION ON THE CREATIVE IMPULSE]

[PART II]

DÜRER'S LIFE IN RELATION TO THE TIMES

IN WHICH HE LIVED

[I. DÜRER'S ORIGIN, YOUTH, AND EDUCATION]

[II. THE WORLD IN WHICH HE LIVED]

[III. DÜRER AT VENICE]

[IV. HIS PATRONS AND FRIENDS]

[V. DÜRER, LUTHER, AND THE HUMANISTS]

[VI. DÜRER'S JOURNEY TO THE NETHERLANDS]

[VII. DÜRER'S LAST YEARS]

[PART III]

DÜRER AS A CREATOR

[I. DÜRER'S PICTURES]

[II. DÜRER'S PORTRAITS]

[III. DÜRER'S DRAWINGS]

[IV. DÜRER'S METAL ENGRAVINGS]

[V. DÜRER'S WOODCUTS]

[VI. DÜRER'S INFLUENCES AND VERSES]

[PART IV]

DÜRER'S IDEAS

[I. THE IDEA OF A CANON OF PROPORTION FOR THE HUMAN FIGURE]

[II. THE IMPORTANCE OF DOCILITY]

[III. THE LOST TRADITION]

[IV. BEAUTY]

[V. NATURE]

[VI. THE CHOICE OF AN ARTIST]

[VII. TECHNICAL PRECEPTS]

[VIII. IN CONCLUSION]

[INDEX]