This
paper explores the life and
work of Albrecht Durer, one of the great German painters of the Cinquecento, whose work was both influenced by and contributed to the spread of the Reformation throughout Germany. The
author details Durer's personal history together with the historical developments in Germany and Christianity at the time. The paper also provides a detailed study of Durer's
painting "The Four Apostles", which the author calls a culmination of his beliefs regarding the nature of God and the dignity of the human being.
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