BBC Northern Renaissance 02 The Birth of the Artist 

Quite simply, superb in every aspect. Thank you.

So he thought so highly of himself that he painted himself transfigured and godlike, entranced in introspection. I wish I had that kind of confidence.

in 1493AD Durer wrote "i'm sexy and i know it"... Greatest melody ever wrote in that period.

He had a very strong chin ...very impressive 👏

Not once, not one single time did he pronounce Albrecht Durer's name properly.

8:10 prepare to be disappointed

There seem to be quite a number of assumptions presented with a lot of confidence, but not supported by theories, facts or evaluation of experts. The documentary, however insightful and helpful, appears as insincere. Or maybe it's just TV and it's tiresome drive for docudrama appeal?

This narrator gives me anxiety! Sounds like he's angry and secretly hates anything German.

These documentaries are always eurocentric and a lil racist... good info on Durer tho.

How about adding closed captioning RU-vid? I can't believe this video doesn't have it.

Trust the BBC to weave Hitler into a documentary about Duerer, a medieval painter. Also faking a German accent when reading letters by Duerer is a ridiculous gimmick.

Dürer in one simple word : genius ♡

I was doing a project in school about renaissance artists and I was wondering who should I do and so I did durer

I saw some of Dürer's drypoint etchings in a museum, they're really inspiring. They're not just technically good, they have a lot of personality too. Plus his monogram is cool, wish I had one.

If you go to the "old city" in Nuremberg, you will see a rather large bronze representing a big Rabbit crushing out other life forms under it. A batch of young artists in the 1990's did it as a satire of the way Drurer's work obliterated opportunities of any other work or any other artists to have a place in the culture.all other work and crushed it. Remember that Vien was the home of the Secessionists who's motto was "every time must have it's art and every art must have it's voice."

Absolutely fascinating interpretation of the self portrait 1500.

Dürer published Apocalypsis cum Figuris (The Apocalypse with pictures) in 1498 and the most important image was the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

Just remaining alive at the time was a blessing, an indication, a sign from God that you had a great job to do, for all of humanity, for us all, forever...

"known as heavy drinkers, germans could..." lol

I love Dürer he was a strongly individualistic artist, but also detailed and tender in his beautiful water colours. The Hare is one of my favorites. He was truly gifted in many mediums, engravings, paintings, wood cuts...but always the eternal Dürer.

i dont know much about art, but the amount of things AD was first in is simply amazing. I got a tattoo of his sig on my arm after loving his religious works. now knowing his history is fascinating

10:23 his nude self portrait is not shown in its entirety, his private parts are cut out in the documentary. What? In 2015? It is on the sides unfinished but not there.... a weird self censorship BBC.

52:33 It is about time to have this notion that melancholia is inherent to artists. Too much emphasis is put on the dark side of artists and some of them are depicted in a way that their problems overshadow their work. I never read or watched anything about Van Gogh that approaches only his art. His biography is more known than his paintings, drawings and sketches. Some people go to far trying to apply psychological theories on his work. It is quite disgusting.

Very well made documentary. I'm not into art but I like the medevial times.

Self portrait at 13 ...genuis ...incredibly valuable work of art 👏 🛶🛤🎨

A perfect way to know and appreciate this giant of european culture. Many thanks.

I love to view Great Artist and copy as much as I can. Being a believer that the creator of all things namely God himself is in all of us. Durer's work shows a greater depth of genius than most but I feel we all have some of the divine artistic flare. Great works of art come from those relaxed into living and don't need to worry about the price of paint, with the incentive to create. Maybe God's self-portrait would be a complete conglomerate of all things combined.

My favorite artist, nobody was as dark as him German pride

Dürer was one of the first artists - perhaps the first - who started to paint nature and landscapes for their own sake, no longer together with biblical motives or saints. He was one of those who discovered the value of nature in its own right and as an object in art. And he came from my own hometown Nürnberg. Probably he spoke the same dialect as I do, just in an older version. I would have understood him. There were more famous artists in Nürnberg at that time, but they were more specialized like Veit Stoss who made art by wood carving or Peter Vischer who worked with bronze casting.

As a Durer´s admirer since my early youth, when I see or hear a new program or movie-documentary about him, I remain very cautious "cela va sans dire". But it´s just fair to admit the quality of this documentary flies high as a kite - good, moderate, incisive. Thank you.

Durer, the father of a selfie.

I actually appreciate the fact that they stole whole chunks of Philip Glass's Koyaanisqatsi score. It works really well for this...

What were the first two ingredients? Dear God i caught the last one but not the first two

Very interesting... now .. understanding the monument to Albrecht Durer

So. Much. Philip. Glass

Albrecht Dürer was as good as any "Messiah", or any other historical figure. His impact was as great as Martin Luther, or Jonannes Gutenberg. One of his greatest admirers was Leonardo Da Vinci. He was a revolutionary, an innovator, and a worker of miracles. His nation stands with him.

I feel the title to be misleading. It's a Durer documentary, not a Northern Renaissance one.

There's just one Renaissance: the Glorious European Renaissance.

Guys I got to do this for my homework can anyone help me get 6 facts please I beg 😰😰😭😭

Durer was as much a mystic as Steiner which is little known. His Melencolia is filled with hidden maths and geometry which the scholars have yet to discover. Search the Durer New Sacred Geometry video which I can’t link to here

One of the best art documentaries I have ever seen but you are mispronouncing the"cht" at the end of his first name. It is not sh* as in the English *shook

durer did not invent the idea of fame and posterity.. (44.29) especially not through letter writing (Ancient texts.. Pliny the younger??)

_Oh Albrecht Albrecht Dürer, du reitest durch die Länder, Oh Albrecht Albrecht Dürer, du held mit deiner Bander, gefürchtet von den Bösen, geliebt von allen Guten, Guten Oh Dürer Albrecht, Du!_ -from Monty Python's flying circus-

True - Albrecht Dürer opened the gate. And not always french, italian, spanish and dutch art lovers admit that. And to me, as meconnaiseur I may be, his 4 Apostles and the also 4 horsemen of Apocalipse are the key.

Durer always fascinates. .his innovation and vision was so modern and he truly represents the Renaissance . In his later writings, he seemed disappointed that he didn't accomplish much more. I think he would be satisfied with his legacy and he should be.

"Know Thyself" ...yes ...so important ...wonderful documentary 👏 ❤

Very recommendable! The German Leonardo da Vinci!

LOL I was expecting it to be a tongue or a finger. I'm a terrible person.

ya could've done a voice over instead of competing with the loud machinery...

I found 1 of 3 and sent it to a place where only vodka lovers would find it.

What are two other reasons the above city is famous?

I guarantee you he'd be on Twitter all the time had he had access to it.

Oh Albrecht, Albrecht Dürer, Du reitest durch die Länder Oh Albrecht, Albrecht Dürer, Du Held mit Deiner Band Gefürchtet von allen Bösen, geliebt von allen Guten, Guten Du Dürer Albrecht, Du.

Well done. I can always depend on the BBC for creating compact documentaries that "our" PBS simply refuses to do.

Does anyone know what the introduction music is?

portraits of the chaos and the fusion of confusion of perception a.... beauty of articulation .........

They didn't include Tucher coat of arms. I wonder why ha

Germans always believe they are more Divine...

this is an excellent presentation thank you M

There are elements of this documentary which I feel in some ways paint broad critical strokes over the figure of Durer which do not feel entirely supported academically. It seems as if Mr. Koerner's study of this artist is more personal than it is an academic documentary.

It's like Warhol on steroids, 450 years earlier...

cheers

Fantastic documentary.

this doc presentation is "Brilliant" in all it's aspects, we all have been treated "very well"

56:44 - start of TELEDURERBIES! :D

Imagine if we didn't endure 2000 years of a patriarch and Agnes's family would have treated her like Royalty and gave a daughter her own families money so she could develop her gifts and passions and travel around the world. Patriarch RIP

How does Noricus translate into Nuremberg in the inscription of the 1500 self-portrait?

Durer was God's gift to all artists

A brilliant documentary about Albrecht Dürer one of my favourite artists. Thank you mr. Koerner for also drawing our attention to Dürers watercolours, when I look at the one of Segonzano in Valle di Cembra I realise where Cézanne got his inspiration. It is truly an impressionist work. These watercolours are not mentioned in the books I own about Dürer nor have I ever seen one in an exhibition about Dürer.

is the AD below the date on the first nude life drawing for Albrecht Durer or Anno Domini I wonder? does anyone know?

Is the narrator American? He has an American accent.

Please someone tell me what music is playing at 13:07

This guy is fantastic

apaixonado pela belea de Durer

He almost said Albert Einstein instead of Albert Durer at 58:10 lol

I suspected he possessed a fair amount of arrogance, then I considered that he may have actually understood "the Original Teachings of Yeshua/Jesus", the understanding of "...the body is a temple of God", the realization that all are Soul Energies, of and from the Source, the Creator, "God". I would prefer to think of him in this way, as Higher Minded, Matured through in an Authentic Harmony, and free to express himself without the Lower Mind 's Ego, which actually is our nemesis. Once harnessed, we are free to Explore and Discover, with full understanding of our worth. It's the lack of fear, fear based thoughts, that separates the arrogance from the freely expressing. Beth Bartlett Sociologist/Behavioralist and Historian USA.

4:10 "This huge bronze is the world's first public statue of a painter. It was designed in 1828 ..." Oh really! Da Vinci and Michelangelo had public statues of themselves in Florence well before that, I think.

this guys vocal fry is ruining this doc

Very shalow

I love these art historians that fancy themselves so smart and read way more into a painting that is there ... if you haven't spoken with the artist then don't assume you know what the artist meant.

Art seems to be rare back then. We now know from Instagram that artistic abilities are not so rare. How much peasant Art was destroyed and lost during these older times where those without access would never be heard of because they didn’t have the power to spread themselves but those who did would crush their antagonistic rivals. I believe lots of Art has been destroyed.

Bullocks!

wow aphex

More psychobabble from yet another art "authority".

This dude was the original Andy Warhol.

Charles Burchfield

Don't think he painted himself as Christ. The 1500 self portrait is not symmetrical. The eyes are different, clearly. His hair darker because he is a dark room. It is pure conjecture. Interesting though that he took the egotistical road to self-absorption and the phycological backlash it will produce. Unlike Bach, a genius that was steady and solid. The former the hero of art teachers and movie goers. The ladder to less self-concerned and more graceful approach.

8:32 wtf dude....creepy

Was Durer homesexual?

hahahaha.rubbish.Northern Europe seems to have an inferiority complex when it comes to art because they know that Southern Europe has been the center of art in the West since ancient times.Italy and France have the best museums,collections, paintings,sculptures, frescoes.Italy is the heart of Renaissance,you cant deny that.Much of the collections in british or german museums were result of theft and looting,specially in the case of egyptian and near east art and artifacts.Northern European contribution to art is small compared to the Mediterranean since ancient Greece and Rome

This guy's reaction to the hair was creepy as fuck. Also, doing humanities homework on some really good edibles makes it way more interesting.