File:Albrecht Dürer, Adam And Eve, 1504, Engraving.jpg
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Albrecht Dürer: Adam and Eve | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Object type | engraving / series of prints | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | nude | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Deutsch: Adam und Eva standen auf beiden Seiten des Baumes der Erkenntnis mit der Schlange. Im Vordergrund eine Katze, ein Elch, ein Ochse, ein Hase, ein Papagei und eine Maus. Nachdem Jacopo de' Barbari bei einem Besuch 1500 in Nürnberg in die Proportionslehre eingeführt hatte, benutzte Dürer diese Technik für seinen Kupferstich Adam und Eva. Er kombinierte ihre makellose Gestalt mit der Betonung des perfekten Temperaments.
English: Adam and Eve standing on either side of the tree of knowledge with the serpent.After introduced to the canon of proportions—a mathematical system designed to depict the ideal human body—by Jacopo de' Barbari, an Italian artist visiting Nuremberg in 1500, Dürer used the technique to create Adam and Eve. He paired their flawless physiques with an emphasis on perfect temperament. Erwin Panofsky argued that the animals embody the balance of bodily fluids believed to determine personality, called humors, and were associated with particular traits, for example, elk (melancholy), rabbit (sensuality), cat (cruelty), and ox (sluggishness). Praising Dürer's couple, contemporary poet Caspar Velius wrote, "When the Angel saw them, he said with amazement: 'You were not yet this beautiful when I drove you out of Paradise.'" (Morgan Library & Museum)
Français : Adam et Eve debout de claque côté de l'arbre de la connaissance avec le serpent
Nederlands: Adam en Eva staan aan weerszijden van de boom der kennis met de slang |
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Date | 1504 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | copper engraving print and copper engraving print on laid paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | height: 26.5 cm (10.4 in); width: 20.9 cm (8.2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2006.80 |
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Place of creation | Nuremberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Notes | second state of three from the finished plate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | themorgan.org | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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