A descriptive cross-hatching technique creates tone and shape in Albrecht Durer’s illustration ‘Praying Hands’. White lines are used to create highlights and black lines to create shadow.

This story appears in the May 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. The hand is where the mind meets the world. We humans use our hands to build fires and sew quilts, to steer airplanes, to ...

Instead, it hauled in some $44,800 (£33,390). That’s the tale of a 500-year-old engraving by Albrecht Dürer that a British man named Mat Winter found in the back of a car at a “rubbish dump ...

A 500-year-old engraving by Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer, which is said to have been found at a tip, has sold at auction for £26,500. Mat Winter, from Cranbrook, Kent, said he discovered ...

An approach to the life and extravagant career of the German painter Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), genius of the Renaissance, through the analysis of twelve of his self-portraits.

Bella Albrecht is an associate data journalist for Morningstar. Albrecht joined Morningstar in 2022 as a customer support representative for Morningstar Direct before moving into an editorial role.

Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a ...

Munich, Germany — The sound of Muslim prayer drifts out from the old pub onto the street, as men and women inside kneel on rugs laid down carefully minutes earlier. A Jewish man stands in the ...

The 6-foot-10 teen has both the largest feet and the largest hands of a living teenager. According to Guinness World Records, the teen has the globe’s largest feet and hands on a living teenager.

Seven years ago, GM became the first automaker to offer hands-free driving when it rolled out its Super Cruise advanced driver assistance system. Now, it’s looking to push that capability even ...