This tower is not falling because God is angry. It is falling because it was built wrong, and you can see the mistake in every arch. Bruegel drew a structure raised on an uneven base: successive storeys are not parallel, one side is settling into the ground, and the arcades on the lower levels are…
In the year 1500, a 28-year-old German painter looked into a mirror and painted himself in a pose that his contemporaries reserved for one subject only: Christ. Dürer’s Self-Portrait was audacious enough that art historians still argue over whether it was piety, arrogance, or something close to blasphemy. Quick Facts Artist: Albrecht Dürer Year: 1500…