Original Dürer! Who is up to what? The coats of arms speak
07.11.2024 - 09.02.2025 ,
Albrecht-Dürer-Haus (Albrecht Dürer House)
Coats of arms have their origins in jousting. Attached to the shields
of the knights, they were used to identify the people hidden under their armour.
persons hidden under their armour. These tournament games gradually died out in the 15th century.
However, anyone who was anyone had their coat of arms designed by an artist.
by an artist. In the form of small-format copperplate engravings, they were
mainly used as bookplates (bookmarks). In Nuremberg, from the
14th century, master craftsmen also used coats of arms and seals, including the goldsmith
among them the goldsmith Albrecht Dürer the Elder. His son, Albrecht Dürer the Younger,
redesigned both. Dürer's other depictions of coats of arms include
commissioned works and fantasy coats of arms. The commissioned works are
so-called speaking coats of arms, as they contain a pictorial allusion to the
the family name in the coat of arms: for example, the doors for Dürer.
Last edited on 02.11.2024
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