/lit/ - Literature

>>1976278
grandma looks pissed in the background there,since you mention him....

Title: Melencolia I
Artist: Albrecht Durer in 1514

I think this one is hella tight because the title obviously means a type of melancholy, and during this era, there were thought to be 3 forms of melancholy, each conceived as a different limitation in different professions.

Scientists and Doctors were limited by the second form of melancholy: reason. Theologians and philosopher's were limited by the third type: intuition. And finally artists were limited by the first type: imagination, Hence the title Melecolia 1

Also as a side note I love Gustave Dore and the more modern, Berserk Manga, both of whom drew heavily from Albrecht Durer