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Art History青瓜视频檚 Edward Wouk, together with Professors Sasha Handley and Stefan Han脽, both of History, have co-curated the landmark exhibition at the Whitworth (30 June 2023-10 March 2024), together Whitworth Curator (Historic Fine Art) Imogen Holmes Roe, and an international team of researchers based in Manchester, Melbourne, and Europe.
The exhibition, which developed out of a major research project funded by the , reconsiders how a changing Renaissance material world, characterised by increasing globalisation, sparked artistic creativity and major innovations in the production of art and craft in D眉rer青瓜视频檚 native Nuremberg and beyond.
Generous support from the Getty Foundation青瓜视频檚 initiative and other funders underwrote costs associated with conservation, loans from major UK and European partners, and the innovative display of close to one hundred works, bringing visitors face to face with the Whitworth青瓜视频檚 outstanding D眉rer collection for the first time in over half a century.
Nicholas Wroe, writing in , praises the exhibition as a show of 青瓜视频榖oth familiarity and wonder青瓜视频�. 青瓜视频業t's almost disturbing to see so many of his great printed pictures青瓜视频�, states in another stellar review in The Guardian, praising the balance of between the Whitworth青瓜视频檚 青瓜视频榮election of some of his greatest prints, with excellent loans青瓜视频�.
Jones concludes that this exhibition is 青瓜视频榓 mesmerising encounter with an artist so far from us in time, yet so shockingly close青瓜视频櫱喙鲜悠禂'the prince of prints青瓜视频�, as Richard Holledge puts it in his exhibition review in . In , Desmond Bullen applauds this 青瓜视频榤agnificent new retrospective青瓜视频�: 青瓜视频楤eautifully considered, every minute of the five years青瓜视频� research underpinning the composition of this enthralling exhibition is manifest in its D眉rer-like attention to detail青瓜视频�.
Wouk, together with Jennifer Spinks, edited the accompanying , published by Manchester University Press.