- Transcript to Podcast 3 – Why did Durer Create Melencolia? And how do his times compare to ours?
Durer created Melencolia after his mother died, after caring for her for a year in his house. In his words, she “died hard”. He was a devout Catholic, like his mother, but, surrounded by all the Renaissance’s turmoil of ideas about how religion, philosophy and science all fit together, Durer was anxious about his mother’s…
- Transcript for Podcast 2 – But what do Durer’s Melencolia’s symbols actually mean? Are they relevant to us in the modern world? A little about Book 2.
The original engraving of Melencolia is barely bigger than my book. So this poster of it here behind me is many times bigger than the original. But as you zoom into it, more and more, (look at a high resolution image of it, such as at wikipedia), you find its astonishing, intricate detail. Durer must…
- Transcript of Podcast 1: A New Look at the symbols in Durer’s Melencolia. From Book 1.
Hello. My name’s AJ Perrott and I’ve written a book called Melencolia Decoded. Durer’s iconic, mysterious engraving, Melencolia I, (which you can see behind me), caught my attention years ago and I kept looking at it. Until bit by bit, I worked out what it was all about. But first, before we go into that,…
- Zoom right into Melencolia here, its astonishing detail draws you into its landscape
This weblink to a high resolution version of Melencolia reveals its extraordinary detail, which is so fine that the objects seem to subtly morph, one into the other, and you are led on a journey round the picture, as if you are in a dream, totally absorbed. Its artist, Albrecht Durer, pioneered and mastered the…
- Time has changed for humanity since 2000, which we urgently need to fix
Time has become tighter within our consciousness in recent years, funnelling in, doors shutting, with many people feeling a lack of hope. And it’s endlessly looping, repeating itself. The hamster wheel of human existence is going faster and people seem to have no direct control. The world looks and feels a different place to when…
Durer created Melencolia after his mother died, after caring for her for a year in his house. In his words, she “died hard”. He was a devout Catholic, like his mother, but, surrounded by all the Renaissance’s turmoil of ideas about how religion, philosophy and science all fit together, Durer was anxious about his mother’s…
This weblink to a high resolution version of Melencolia reveals its extraordinary detail, which is so fine that the objects seem to subtly morph, one into the other, and you are led on a journey round the picture, as if you are in a dream, totally absorbed. Its artist, Albrecht Durer, pioneered and mastered the…
Time has become tighter within our consciousness in recent years, funnelling in, doors shutting, with many people feeling a lack of hope. And it’s endlessly looping, repeating itself. The hamster wheel of human existence is going faster and people seem to have no direct control. The world looks and feels a different place to when…