The Holy Trinity
Albrecht Dürer · 1511 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Holy Trinity represents the pinnacle of Dürer's achievement in woodcut. Using a system of parallel lines, crosshatching, and dashes of varying densities, he attained a wide range of tone and an extremely subtle representation of three-dimensional forms and spatial depth. In addition, he utilized white areas of the paper to heighten parts of the composition for an intensely dramatic effect.
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Details
- Maker
- Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
- Date
- 1511
- Medium
- woodcut
- Place of origin
- Germany
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Gift of the President and Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
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