some gray hairs on his head. Albrecht wrote to Pirckheimer saying to take care of his
family and to lend money to his mom if she needed it. He also included to inform him to
not make love to his wife. Albrecht also told Perckheimer that he is not supposed to take
drinks or eat from any of the Venetian painters because they all try to copy his work and
they are my enemies. In 1509, Albrecht returned home and was elected as a member of
Nurembourg’s Grand Council. This was a group of 200 men of wealth who sometimes
added to their number fellow citizens who had distinguished themselves in other ways.
Albrecht’s new position did not interfere with his artistic production. Back in his workshop
he continued to work on the Fall of Man engraving. This engraving was the picture of
Adam and Eve standing with the animals. Albrecht changed his method from geometrical
construction to the first pair of human beings. The year 1511 was very extraordinary for
Albrecht. In that one year he published all of his greatest woodcut series like The
Apocalypse, The Large Passion, and The Life of a Virgin. In 1513, Albrecht was mainly
concentrating on engraving. He made a charcoal engraved self-portrait of his mother with
a personal, tender message. Albrecht was also busy making a huge woodcut Triumphal
Procession and Triumphal Arch. In July 1520, Albrecht and his wife took a trip to the
Netherlands to see emperor, Charles V. He also had to find new markets for his work.
Albrecht did not have good success in the Netherlands but he did meet fellow artists.
Albrecht left within a year and produced a number of portrait engraving’s in Nurembourg.
On April 6, 1528, the 57 year old died. At his death his theoretical treaties were not fully
completed. Some of them were already published. According to Albrecht, capturing the
beauty of the human body is the most meaningful aim of art. But this cannot be realized
without knowledge of proportion and anatomy, and only through geometry can be true
beauty be known.
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