“Diarist and painter Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) recorded his 1494-95 travels in watercolors of alpine scenes and views of Italy, many of which survive today. Dürer was not unique in this practice. Few of his contemporaries traveled so much as he, nor took similar pains to preserve their sketchbooks and journals. Leonard da Vinci (1452-1519). In … Continue reading The Man from Nuremberg: Sketchbook Traveler Albrecht Dürer →