Comments on: Image of the Day : Melencolia by Albrecht Dürer

By: W.Bauer

W.Bauer — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:19:03 +0000

If any of you out there finds the true meaning of Melencolia I then the lid of the coffin will rise and the bell, which is attached to the lid and held on one side by a cord, will ring. But time is running out: The life (?) inside is in the balance (the hourglass and the balance are attached to the base of the coffin and not the lid). Poor Angel, so distraught, can’t find the solution, not even with all the known implements of the time, the keys, and a purse full of doubloons. Oh yes, judging by the shadows, the sun is yet too high for a natural rainbow. Carry on; I enjoy all your explanations and elucidations. Forget this prattle. I’ll keep listening for the bell.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:25:54 +0000

Has anyone really looked at this print? First MeAncholia is spelled wrong-it’s spelled as MelEncholia, which could have been easily fixed when Durer changed the backwards “9″ in the first state-Durer left it spelled wrong on purpose BECAUSE IT DOESN’T MEAN melancholia-it’s a latin coded inscription from greek.

Funny how no one decided to identify the DOG in the print-it’s a Hungarian Agar-only used by nobles.

Ever notice the little child is a GIRL?

This print has NOTHING to do with futility or melancholy or mathematics. It’s a tribute picture to two very important people in his life-the rhomboid has 18 vertices and there were 18 Durer children. It’s next to a goldsmith’s brazier-Durer’s father was a goldsmith. The symbols have been misidentified

Anyone catching the drift of this?

By: Lapinos

Lapinos — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:21:15 +0000

- Do not make the confusion between Hitler and Dürer! For Dürer the sun is not a positive symbol at all. As a specialist of the Revelation of Saint John, A. Dürer portrayed here Lucifer, the fallen Angel, beautiful and luminous. If not, how could he seduce? In the European Renaissance culture ‘melancolia’ indicates a Satanic possession.

By: Hello It's me but I'm not there

Hello It's me but I'm not there — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:43:08 +0000

Yeah, I know that!
Melancholia and the infinite sadness,
the kind of deep state o mind that makes u feel so close to death,
and even that gives u great energy to creat and turn this feeling into what u can call HE-art.
It’s awful nice as life can be sometimes.
It’s also very mysterious, it happens and then disappears.
I think its important to know about what our heart gives us.
Even if it’s not a feeling that makes u good, at least u feel and your heart beats then U R ALIVE!
and it’s good to be alive;)
is it? :D

Love
Damien

By: austere

austere — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:33:20 +0000

This is PERFECT!
Right on the dot.
Digging deeper into the quagmire, weighed down by a cross only you can see…every effort to break free pulling you deeper.