D?rer's Fight Book: The Genius of the German Renaissance and His Combat Treatise [Hardcover]

Albrecht D?rers fight book reveals dynamic duels and fighting techniques within masterful, centuries-spanning detail.Albrecht D?rer is probably the most famous German artist of the Renaissance, if not of all time. His works are world-famous and he was a master in numerous artistic disciplines such as woodcut, copperplate engraving, drawing and painting.What is less well known is that he was interested in weapons and fencing throughout his life. He produced several woodcuts for a tournament book by Emperor Maximilian I, but he devoted himself much more thoroughly to the subject of duels in his own extensive fencing manuscript.D?rers fight book stands out from the mass of illustrated fencing manuscripts because of its outstanding quality. In well over 100 elaborate drawings, the master uniquely depicts dynamic pairs of fighters practicing contemporary combat techniques, such as wrestling or sword and dagger fighting.Since its creation more than 500 years ago, the fight book has never been published in its entirety. This edition offers the complete contents of the manuscript for the very first time: All illustrations are reproduced in color and the complete text is presented in a letter-perfect transcription as well as a translation into modern English.Albrecht D?rer's fight book offers a unique, new look at D?rer the artist and D?rer the fighter.Albrecht D?rer's fight book offers a unique, new look at D?rer the artist and D?rer the fighter.Lavish illustrations by Albrecht D?rer, the famous German Renaissance artistThe first full-color reproduction of the entire D?rer fight book that has ever been published.Contains the entire text, once as an exact word-for-word transcription of the original text, and once as a translation into modern English.With an extensive examination of the centuries-old fight book.A vast array of fighting disciplines such as combat with the sword, the dagger or the lance  even unarmored wrestling is featured prominently.The bibliography is pl“8