Albrecht Dürer was the
German artist who published theoretical writings and manuals on the technical
concerns of painting.
Dürer was a painter,
printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance who reinforced by his artworks
with theoretical treatises, which involve principles of mathematics,
perspective, and ideal proportions. He published two theoretical books – “Four
Books on Measurement” (dimension) and “Four Books on Human Proportion”.
