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detail of top (about 1/10 of height) of triumphal arch of maximilian, coloured woodcut, overall design albrecht dürer.
the holy roman emperor, maximilian i, went step further, creating enormous virtual triumphs existed solely in form of print. triumphs of maximilian (begun in 1512 , unfinished @ maximilian s death in 1519) contains on 130 large woodcuts albrecht dürer , other artists, showing huge procession (still in open country) culminating in emperor himself, mounted on huge car. triumphal arch (1515), largest print ever made, @ 3.57 x 2.95 metres when 192 sheets assembled, produced in edition of 7 hundred copies distribution friendly cities , princes. intended hand-coloured , pasted wall. traditional tableau themes, including large genealogy, , many figures of virtues, complemented scenes of maximilian s life , military victories. maximilian wary of entries in person, having been locked loyal subjects in bruges in 1488 eleven weeks, until pay bills stay.
an meeting between festival book travel literature account of visit in 1530 of future ferdinand i, holy roman emperor, king of hungary , bohemia, constantinople.
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