Melancholia I

• The numbers in the top right form a magic square, with the two middle cells of the bottom row giving the date of the engraving: 1514.
• the significance of the truncated cube has been the subject of numerous articles
• The despondent winged figure of genius
• The tools of geometry and architecture surround her, unused
• The purse and keys
• The comet and rainbow in the sky
• etc.

External links

• A larger version of Melancholia I
• A discussion of Drer's studies of polyhedra
• Article on the use of symbolism in Melancholia I
• Another set of interpretations of imagery in Melancholia I
• And another...
• "Drer's Melancholia": a sonnet by Edward Dowden

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