Chapter II: Preface: Part I

CONCERNING GENERAL IDEAS IMPORTANT TO THE COMPREHENSION OF DÜRER'S LIFE AND ART

I. THE IDEA OF PROPORTION
II THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGION ON THE CREATIVE IMPULSE

PART II

DÜRER'S LIFE IN RELATION TO THE TIMES IN WHICH HE LIVED

I. DÜRER'S ORIGIN, YOUTH, AND EDUCATION
II. THE WORLD IN WHICH HE LIVED
III. DÜRER AT VENICE
IV. HIS PATRONS AND FRIENDS
V. DÜRER, LUTHER, AND THE HUMANISTS
VI. DÜRER'S JOURNEY TO THE NETHERLANDS
VII. DÜRER'S LAST YEARS

PART III

DÜRER AS A CREATOR

I. DÜRER'S PICTURES
II. DÜRER'S PORTRAITS
III. DÜRER'S DRAWINGS
IV. DÜRER'S METAL ENGRAVINGS
V. DÜRER'S WOODCUTS
VI. DÜRER'S INFLUENCES AND VERSES