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“Young Hare.” Artble, www.artble.com/artists/albrecht_durer/engravings/young_hare. Accessed 23 Apr. 2017. This source is a reliable source for two reasons, and they are that the website has a Facebook page, where people can correct errors made in the page itself, and also because there is a listed bibliography for the page itself. All of the sources for the page came from published books, which had to have been fact checked before they were made public, making them reliable, and therefore making the page reliable. This website is an encyclopedia of art over a long time span. It includes the most famous artists and information about each specific piece, incorporating dates, backgrounds, and detailed analyses. This will help my overall project by applying to all three questions about Albrecht Durer and his work. (Notecard) DIRECT QUOTE "Although at this point in his career the artist was beginning to focus more on woodcuts and engravings, he was still making images that mixed watercolor and bodycolor to depict landscapes and animals. Until the 18th century the use of animals as subjects was not considered appropriate for art and it is widely suggested that George Stubbs was the first artist to level the playing field with his inspirational work." "...Durer's apparent love for nature will have been a key part of his reason for painting this animal. With animals largely frowned upon as subjects for art it is most likely that Young Hare was painted for pleasure, thought it has also been suggested that Durer was looking to banish this rigid view of appropriate subjects in art." "...Young Hare is a mix of watercolor and bodycolor (also known as gouache) that was created on paper in 1502. It's believed that he produced the piece in his workshop as there is a reflection of the window frame in the subject's eye but this may simply be down to the technique that Durer used. The technique is seen frequently in Durer's works as he creates a cross-barred style to add strength to his subjects and their eyes. To create the image the artist started with a sketch before under-painting it with brown watercolor washes. From here he used bodycolors and watercolors to slowly work up the foundations and add the texture of the fur using both light and dark brushstrokes to form the perfect, accurate image. Whether it was stuffed, live or in his workshop the Young Hare is a refined work and the whiskers and reflection of the window serve to showcase its brilliance." PARAPHRASE/SUMMARY Albrecht mixed watercolor and bodycolor (often called gouache) to create art that focused on landscapes and animals. Before Durer, it was considered unacceptable to paint a picture focusing on animals, so this made The Young Hare highly controversial in the art world. Albrecht painted this because he wanted to show that the generally accepted rules of what could and couldn't be art were too strict, and because he just had an overall fondness of nature and animals, and wanted to immortalize it's beauty. He used complex strategies for the painting to give it a deep sense of depth and emotion. MY IDEAS This resource will be useful in my tutorial because it explains the whole journey that Durer went through to create this piece. It answers all of the questions, which makes it an ideal source of factual evidence. “A Young Hare by Albrecht Durer.” Art Encylcopedia, visual-arts-cork.com, www.visual-arts-cork.com/famous-paintings/hare-durer.htm. Accessed 23 Apr. 2017. This source is a reliable source because it allows anyone to go onto the site and submit an article or a piece of art and is free for anyone to see. These submissions are linked to Facebook, which means people can show support and give criticisms. Also, curators and editors of the site reserve the right to correct any mistakes in any of the submissions. What this source is, is a website where people are able to look up famous pieces of art and learn about them, and submit their own art. Anyone can contribute, but only selected people reserve the right to edit other works. This website is not in association with any official art organization, but still acts as a very valuable source for art teachers and students. This website will act as a valuable resource in my project because it contains information on “The Young Hare” by Albrecht Durer and gives a detailed analysis of the painting and it’s origin. DIRECT QUOTE "A masterpiece of German Renaissance Art (1430-1580), Albrecht Durer's still life of A Young Hare is one of the first nature studies to constitute a painting in its own right. Like his later work Great Piece of Turf (1503, Albertina), the animal is painted with in a hyperrealist manner, just like a photograph. The watercolour - also known as The Field Hare, or The Wild Hare - exemplifies the detailed realism of the Northern Renaissance: a style which originated in early 15th century Flemish painting, embodied by Jan van Eyck (1390-1441). Durer himself learned drawing and illustration fro
