Ella Strohmaier-Art Analysis of Praying Hands by Albrecht Durer

In this drawing there are multiple different elements and principles in this drawing. One element used is lines. The drawing has many lines throughout it and they define the hands' detail very well. Another element used is value. Durer used a full value scale where you can see white, black, and the neutral color of the blue background. A third element used is texture. The texture is used in the drawing is the lines on the hand that make the hands look very life-like and 3D. A principle used in the drawing is balance. Durer used balance by making the shadow on the hand very persistent and unchanging on different parts making it even. A second principle used in this drawing is contrast. The contrast in this painting are the very dark colors next to the very light colors used. Another principle used is unity. Durer is very consistent in what line shapes he used in this drawing, making all the lines very similar on the shirt, and on the hands he used a different line shape to show the difference between the shirt and hand.