Lanzen, Stangen und Fahnen als Hilfsmittel der Komposition in den graphischen Frühwerken des Albrecht Dürer
A 1906 art-historical study by Emil Waldmann, published in Strassburg by J.H.E. Heitz, examining how lances, poles and banners structure the composition of Albrecht Dürer's early prints. The plates reproduce Dürer's woodcuts and engravings of the Passion and the Virgin, mostly with figures pressed into dense crowds. A designer could study how upright staffs and diagonal weapons lead the eye across a crowded scene and organise its depth.
