Word: melencolia
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...other artist one sees the moralized universe of the Middle Ages retreating before the scientific one of the Renaissance, not giving ground gracefully but fighting every inch of the way. What the Nuremberg show offers is virtually a self-contained retrospective of his prints--famous ones like Melencolia I or Knight, Death and Devil, less | commonly seen images such as his suites of woodcuts illustrating the life of the Virgin--fleshed out with a selection of paintings and drawings. Anywhere else, this would be a show on its own. One would expect such material to dominate any exhibition it appeared...
...Italian artists represented the most important are: Andrea Mantegua, Marc Antonio Rainmondi, Boldini, Giovanni Antonio, and Robetta. One whole case is given up to the "Liber Studiorum" of Turner and beside these are placed some valuable etchings by Claude Lorraine. There are some beautiful impressions by Durer from "The Melencolia," "The Great Fortune," and "The Shield and Skull." In addition to these are his portraits of Melanchthon, Piekheimer and Erasmus. These are all metal engravings. Among the wood engravings by Durer are a number from "The Great Passion," and "The Little Passion," which are two of his most valuable series...
...article called "Engravings," in our last number, the name of the artist who copied the Melencolia was given as J. Behau; it should have been H. S. Beham...
These Durers are followed by a few samples of the Little Masters. They were men of industry and some artistic ability, who imitated Durer as far as they could, always preferring to make miniature engravings rather than larger ones. It is very amusing to pass from Durer's Melencolia to J. Behau's attempt at the same. After standing in awe before the sad glance of Durer's figure with its resting wings, that still have power to bear it through endless wandering, with the neglected implements of human science cast on the earth, and with its never...
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