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A living creature like melancholy bats danced in the night sky while proclaiming the theme of this famous sculpture. Melancholia Isei. The dark temperament is shaped by the female image sitting in the foreground. The winged baby next to her is a "genius" (in ancient sense, it means the accompanying spirit)

Melancholy has wings, the key and wallet are hung on the belt, symbolizing strength and wealth. She is surrounded by measuring instruments. Above her head there is a series of "magic" figures (up to a total of 34 in all directions). At her feet there is a tool that can shape the physical world. But she did not do anything.

The Renaissance philosophers proposed a new interpretation of depression as a genius genius (in the modern sense). Melancholy is owned by artists, "imagination" dominates; "rational" dominates scholars; and the final stage of the "spirit" is reservation of theologians. If this explanation is correct, Dürer showed us his psychological behavior as he knows the danger of too many spiritual work as an artist. He was born in the name of Mercury rather than Saturn, but not from depression but a letter from Behem to Pilkheimer

Its meaning relates to depressing relationships - it is the only thing with a title in Dürer's sculpture - creative activities. Prior to the appearance of Dürer's image, images of depression appeared mainly in medical papers and discussed in medicinal papers as illness, but in general sentences and calendars, four "temperament" which affect humanity It is considered. The most unpopular person among them. . Dürer's explanation may have been born out of Florentine's Neoplatonic thought, which is expressed in Marsilio Ficino's "De Vita Triplici" (Florence, 1489). Some people believe that I, Melencolia I of Dürer refers to the first group of Agrippa, so sculpture represents a depression of art.

As it is diagnostic, Dürer's artwork keeps appealing. It explains the discomfort of the doctor's symptom list. Are you sitting with each other holding hands? Is the face a little dark? My diagnosis: Depression Sorry, Dürer attached this to the flag raised by living creatures like bats. The diagnosis provided by Dürer is rooted in medieval medicine. According to the concept of "humor", depression is caused by excessive black bile - a dark face and appropriate black ink. But Dürer offers something that can not be found in ancient pseudoscience - a feeling of soul crushed by his own wisdom. Indeed, the source of his foresightful masterpiece is the Italian Renaissance he visited and the artist familiar with him.