Melencolia I is a large 1514 engraving by the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer. Its central subject is an enigmatic and gloomy winged female figure thought to be a …

Albrecht Dürer’s enigmatic Melencolia I has inspired and provoked viewers for nearly half a millennium. The evident subject of the engraving, as written upon the scroll unfurled by a flying …

Dürer's Melencolia I is one of three large prints of 1513 and 1514 known as his Meisterstiche (master engravings). The other two are Knight, Death, and the Devil (43.106.2) and Saint …

Melancholy was believed to result from an excess of a bodily fluid known as “black bile.” Though understanding of the underlying mechanism has changed, today’s physicians have come to …

Melencolia I was completed in 1514 A.D. by Albrecht Dürer. Of all the works he created, Melencolia I is a controversial allegorical work. Though it was created during Albrecht Dürer’s …

Oct 18, 2021 · Melencolia I is a 1514 engraving by the German Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer. It is an allegorical composition which has been the subject of many interpretations.

Jerome in His Study, and Melencolia I—all of approximately the same size, about 24.5 by 19.1 cm (9.5 by 7.5 inches). The extensive, complex, and often contradictory literature concerning …

Dürer ’s personification of the melancholic temperament in his most famous print, Melencolia I, shows a brooding, inactive figure who sits under an hourglass, weighed down by her own …

One of Albrecht Durer's trio of woodcuts that were known as the Apocalypse woodcuts and arguably his most well-known work, Melencolia I was created in 1514 and was the final piece. …

Sep 13, 2023 · A renowned print, famously titled “Melencolia I” and crafted by Albrecht Dürer, stands as one of the most captivating works in art history. Within this unassuming …