Fourth Knot
1506
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer spent his life in Nuremberg, a busy German city where artists traded prints like currency.
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Fourth Knot is a 1506 by Albrecht Dürer, a Renaissance work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This drawing shows a big black circle filled with swirling, knot-like lines. Inside the circle are smaller circles and shapes, all tangled together. Around the edges, there are two strange, lumpy shapes with crosshatching inside them. The whole thing looks like a puzzle or a symbol, with no clear start or end to the lines. It’s all in black and white, with no shading or color. If you like this kind of intricate design, look up Renaissance.
Albrecht Dürer spent his life in Nuremberg, a busy German city where artists traded prints like currency.
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