What beauty is, I know not.
Was Schönheit sei, das weiß ich nit.

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Albrecht Dürer
Born in Nuremberg in 1471, Durer merged Italian humanism with Northern precision through engravings and woodcuts. Melencolia I and his self-portraits remain landmarks of artistic ambition.
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