As an exponent of the Danube School, Altdorfer was indifferent to Italian Renaissance concerns for perspective and proportion. Instead he favored emotion and expressiveness, particularly in his depiction of landscapes and nature, which often dominates human forms in his paintings and prints. Comment on works: History

Altdorfer, Albrecht

Biography

Notable Works

Artworks

Three Goblets

Maximilian as Architect; with a Statue of St. Leopold; and Busts of Maximilian's Ancestors and Relatives, from the Arch of Honor, proof, dated 1515, printed 1517-18

Portraits of Maximilian's Relatives; and The Base of the Right Outer Column with the Date 1515, from the Arch of Honor, proof, dated 1515, printed 1517-18

The Ornaments Atop the Right Portal, from the Arch of Honor, proof, dated 1515, printed 1517-18

Portraits of Maximilian's Relatives; and the Base of the Left Outer Column with the Date 1515, from the Arch of Honor, proof, dated 1515, printed 1517-18

Tournaments and Masquerades; and Maximilian's Genealogical and Heraldic Studies; with a Statue of Albrecht the Lucky; and Portraits of Maximilian's Ancestors and Relatives,from the Arch of Honor, proof, dated 1515, printed 1517-18

The Tomb Erected by Maximilian for His Father; and The Imperial Treasure; with Portraits of Maximilian's Ancestors and Relatives, from the Arch of Honor, proof, dated 1515, printed 1517-18

Maximilian's Prowess in the Chase; and The Legend of the Holy Coat of Treves; with Portraits of Emperors and Kings (Maximilian's Forerunners), from the Arch of Honor, proof, dated 1515, printed 1517-18

Maximilian as Founder and Protector of the Order of St. George; and Maximilian and the Knights of St. George Vowing a Crusade Against the Turks; with Portraits of Emperors and Kings (Maximilian's Forerunners), from the Arch of Honor, proof, dated 1515, printed 1517-18

Maximilian as Commander-in-Chief; and Maximilian Conversing in Seven Languages; with Portraits of Emperors and Kings (Maximilian's Forerunners), from the Arch of Honor, proof, dated 1515, printed 1517-18

The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant Saint John

The Resurrection

Covered Goblet with Three Feet

Covered Goblet with Three Pomegranates

Double Goblet with Flat Leaves

Ewer with a Dragon

Double Goblet with Acanthus-Leaves

Covered Goblet with a Knight on the Lid

Covered Goblet in a Niche

Covered Goblet with Grapes on the Stem

Double Goblet with Flutes and Acanthus-Leaves

Martin Luther with Doctoral Cap

Venus Crouching

Two Satyrs Fighting Over a Nymph