A revolutionary superstar: Sure, it was six centuries ago, but artist Albrecht Dürer was able to spread his work far and wide with prints of iconic work. The 1513 work pictured above, “Knight, Death, and the Devil,” made with a V-tipped gouging tool, was a breakthrough. “Dürer created astonishing varieties of texture in the knight’s armor and leather boot, the fur of the dog, and the horse’s lustrous coat. For many art historians, the technical skill he demonstrated in this work has never been equaled,” Nat Geo’s History magazine writes.
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