Before you is a unique collection of autobiographical materials, letters, diaries and excerpts from the theoretical works of one of the greatest masters of the Western European Renaissance - the German painter, engraver and graphic artist Albrecht Dürer. Researchers recognize Dürer not only as the main art theorist among Northern European artists, but also the first of them who wrote an autobiography. He embodied a new type of artist-scientist for the beginning of the 16th century, thirsty for knowledge and striving for a comprehensive education.