Albert and the Whale: Albrecht Dürer and How Art Imagines Our World

Albert and the Whale is a captivating exploration of the intersection between life, art, and the sea through the eyes of award-winning author Philip Hoare.

This book delves into the work of Albrecht Dürer, a central figure of the Renaissance, who employed the power of reproduction to capture the physical world and states of mind.

As Hoare embarks on a personal journey through Dürer's time machine, he seeks his own Leviathan and uncovers the interplay between art and our world.

With a focus on the artist's most modern and startling works, including comets, devils, horses, nudes, dogs, and blades of grass, this book offers a sublimely seductive exploration of the connection between life and art.