Rhino cartoon : giraffe after Albrecht Duerer
15 x 11 inch -
Fineliner on paper
Cartoon by Martin Missfeldt - June 24, 2006
Tags: cartoon,
image,
picture,
Albrecht Durer,
fun,
arthistory,
art,
woodcut,
renaissance,
Rhinozeros,
humor,
The world-famous Rhinocerus of Albrecht Dürer (1514) as a giraffe. Dürers woodcut is based on a design, which he made after the narration and sketch of a far-traveled contemporary. He never came a genuine Rhinozeros to face.
Only as a Rhinozeros with giraffe neck it becomes so correctly clear why the good Nashorn actually looks so grimmig…
More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dürer
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