Albrecht Dürer quiz
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In which language did Dürer write his books on art?
Answer: German
Why: Latin versions appeared after his death, when Joachim Camerarius translated the proportion books in 1532 and 1534.
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With what tool did Dürer draw his earliest self-portrait?
Answer: Silverpoint
Why: Silverpoint lines start out grey, then slowly tarnish to a warm brown as the silver reacts with the air.
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What does each row of Melencolia I's magic square add up to?
Answer: 34
Why: The bottom row's middle cells read 15 and 14, spelling out 1514, the year Dürer made the engraving.
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Which animal did Dürer draw without ever seeing one?
Answer: Rhinoceros
Why: He worked from a written description and a quick sketch of an Indian rhino that had landed in Lisbon in 1515.
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Which emperor first granted Dürer a yearly pension?
Answer: Maximilian I
Why: Charles V renewed the pension in 1520, after Maximilian's death the year before.
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What do four of the animals in Dürer's Adam and Eve stand for?
Answer: The four temperaments
Why: The cat is choleric, the rabbit sanguine, the ox phlegmatic and the elk melancholic.
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