Dürer_Melancholia_I.jpg
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Summary
Albrecht Dürer : Melencolia I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
label QS:Les,"Melancolía I"
label QS:Lru,"Меланхолия"
label QS:Lde,"Melencolia I"
label QS:Lhy,"Մելանխոլիա I"
label QS:Lzh,"忧郁 I"
label QS:Lda,"Melencolia I"
label QS:Ltr,"Melencolia I"
label QS:Lja,"メランコリア I"
label QS:Lsv,"Melankolien"
label QS:Lhe,"מלנכוליה"
label QS:Lla,"Melencolia I"
label QS:Lzh-hant,"梅倫科利亞一世"
label QS:Lzh-cn,"梅伦科利亚一世"
label QS:Lfi,"Melankolia I"
label QS:Leo,"Melankolio I"
label QS:Lit,"Melencolia I"
label QS:Lfr,"Melencolia"
label QS:Lhr,"Melenkolija I"
label QS:Lvi,"Melencolia I"
label QS:Lsl,"Melancholia I"
label QS:Lpt-br,"Melancolia I"
label QS:Lko,"멜랑콜리아 I"
label QS:Lmk,"Меланхолија I"
label QS:Lpl,"Melancholia I"
label QS:Lnb,"Melencolia I"
label QS:Lnl,"Melencolia I"
label QS:Lpt,"Melancolia I"
label QS:Lfa,"ملانکولیا ۱"
label QS:Let,"Melencolia I"
label QS:Luk,"Меланхолія"
label QS:Laz,"Melanxoliya I"
label QS:Lar,"سوداوية 1 (ملنخوليا)"
label QS:Lzh-hans,"梅伦科利亚一世"
label QS:Lcs,"Melancholie I"
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Part of | Meisterstiche | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object type | copper engraving print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | allegory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1514
date QS:P571,+1514-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium | copper plate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 24.2 cm (9.5 in)
; width: 18.8 cm (7.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,+24.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+18.8U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q163804
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Accession number |
33377 D
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Place of creation | Nuremberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Notes |
English:
Melancholia I The bat-like creature flying through a night sky declares the subject of this famous engraving: Melancolia I. That dark temperament is personified by a female figure seated in the foreground. The winged infant beside her is a 'genius' (in the ancient sense, meaning an accompanying spirit).
Melancholy has wings and from her belt hang keys and a money bag, symbolizing power and wealth. She is surrounded by measuring instruments. Above her head is a panel of 'magic' numbers (they add up to 34 in all directions). At her feet are the tools that can fashion the material world. Yet she does nothing: lost in thought, she turns away from the light. Renaissance philosophers had suggested a new interpretation for melancholy, as the temperament of genius (in the modern sense). Melancholy was possessed by artists, in whom 'Imagination' predominates; 'Reason' dominates scholars; while the final stage of 'Spirit' was the preserve of theologians. If this interpretation is correct, Dürer has presented us with a portrait of his mental behaviour, as he knew about the danger of too much spirital work as an artist. Although he was born in the name of mercure, not saturn and therefor after a letter from Beheim to Pirckheimer, not a melancholic. |
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Source/Photographer | [1] |
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Ganz in ihrer eigenen Gedankenwelt versunken erscheint die Verkörperung der Melancholie als Verwandte der "Todsünde Trägheit" als dunkle und nachdenkliche Gestalt.