Jörg Breu the Younger
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Jörg Breu the Elder
Jörg Breu the Elder , of Augsburg, was a painter of the German Danube school. He was the son of a weaver.He journeyed to Austria and created several multi-panel altarpieces there in 1500–02, such as the Melk Altar . He returned to Augsburg in 1502 where he became a master. He travelled to...
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Augsburg
Augsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...
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Fechtbuch
Martial arts manuals are instructions, with or without illustrations, detailing specific techniques of martial arts.Prose descriptions of martial arts techniques appear late within the history of literature, due to the inherent difficulties of describing a technique rather than just demonstrating...
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Paulus Hector Mair
Paulus Hector Mair was an Augsburg civil servant, and active in the martial arts of his time. He collected Fechtbücher and undertook to compile all knowledge of the art of fencing in a compendium surpassing all earlier books...
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