Third 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
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Third Knot is a 1506 by Albrecht Dürer, a Renaissance work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This image is a black-and-white drawing of a tight, circular knot. Inside the knot, there are tiny repeating shapes—loops, swirls, and crosses—that fill the whole circle without breaking. Around the edges, there are three decorative leafy designs, each with swirling vines and small flowers. The knot itself has a small circle in the center with a single letter inside. This kind of pattern was often used in Renaissance art to show balance and complexity in simple shapes. Look up Renaissance next to see how artists used math and symmetry in their work.
Albrecht Dürer spent his life in Nuremberg, a busy German city where artists traded prints like currency.
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