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Germany: Memories of a Nation

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Neil MacGregor explores 600 years of Germany's complex and often challenging history.

Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, explores 600 years of Germany's complex and often challenging history using objects, art, landmarks and literature.

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Germany: Memories of a Nation: Dürer: An Artist for All Germans

Durer: An Artist for All Germans

21/10/2014

Dürer: An Artist for All Germans

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Neil MacGregor focuses on the work of Dürer (1471-1528), the defining artist of Germany.

Neil MacGregor focuses on the work of Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), arguing that he is the defining artist of Germany, his image - and his self-image - known to all Germans.

Neil MacGregor focuses on the work of Dürer (1471-1528), arguing that he is the defining artist of Germany, his image - and his self-image - known to all Germans. He was a new kind of artist, clearly fascinated by himself, and the first great artist in Europe to paint so many self-portraits. He embodies the Renaissance idea of the artist as a hero and a star, the artist of a new world and a new technology. Dürer was also the first artist to sell his work widely throughout Europe.

Producer Paul Kobrak.

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