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BRA1017/C

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Subject

Description

This book provided Dürer’s models for the fortification of cities, castles, and smaller outposts. His woodcut diagrams show various defenses combining moats, ditches, earthen bulwarks, projecting bastions, corner blockhouses, and somewhat fanciful stone towers for artillery stations. Although Dürer’s work did not exert great influence, it was among the first books to combine complete sets of plans, sections, and elevations for the solution of practical architectural problems.

Creator

Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528.

Source

BRA1017/C. Albrecht Dürer. Etliche Underricht zu Befestigung der Stett, Schloss, und Flecken. Nuremberg: [Albrecht Dürer], 1527.

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

Please cite Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU, as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained by contacting Special Collections (bridsc@smu.edu).

Relation

LastBooks

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Language

Type

Architecture book with woodcut illustrations

Collection

Books and Prints by Albrecht Durer

Citation

Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528., “BRA1017/C,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed January 22, 2026, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1847.