Texture



Considered the most important German renaissance painter, Albrecht Durer did many self-portraits, portraits, engravings and wood cuts. The above wood cut commemorates the arrival of the first rhinoceros seen in Europe. Durer never saw the animal, but created this work based on descriptions and his imagination.



Arkimboldo was also a Renaissance painter, but his work is surprisingly surrealistic. He did many paintings using many different kinds of natural materials arranged to make portraits.