MELENCOLIA I
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MELENCOLIA I is a 1514 engraving by Albrecht Dürer, renowned for its complex allegorical imagery exploring themes of melancholy, creativity, and intellectual struggle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MELENCOLIA I canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Renaissance artwork
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engraving ⓘ print ⓘ |
| artist | Albrecht Dürer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | multiple impressions in major museums worldwide ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| creator | Albrecht Dürer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
balance scale
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bat-like creature with title banner ⓘ bell ⓘ compass ⓘ dog ⓘ geometric solids ⓘ hourglass ⓘ ladder ⓘ magic square ⓘ plane (tool) ⓘ polyhedron ⓘ putto ⓘ ruler ⓘ saw ⓘ sphere ⓘ tools of geometry ⓘ winged female figure ⓘ |
| genre | allegorical art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
4×4 magic square with sum 34
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artist’s monogram AD ⓘ coastal landscape in background ⓘ date 1514 ⓘ night sky with comet ⓘ rainbow ⓘ |
| iconographicTheme |
Melancholia as intellectual temperament
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limits of human knowledge ⓘ |
| inception | 1514 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Renaissance theories of melancholy
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humanist philosophy ⓘ |
| inscription | MELENCOLIA I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Latin (title word root) ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
creativity
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intellectual struggle ⓘ melancholy ⓘ |
| material | paper ⓘ |
| movement | Northern Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Albrecht Dürer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Dürer’s Meisterstiche
NERFINISHED
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Dürer’s three master engravings ⓘ |
| placeOfCreation | Nuremberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| technique | engraving on copper plate ⓘ |
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