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🎨 Melencolia I, 1514 by Albrecht Dürer 🇩🇪 Engraving, 23.8 x 18.6 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, USA 🪄About the artwork: The engraving features an array of symbolic elements and a central figure traditionally interpreted as a personification of melancholia—the winged figure of a woman, sitting in a despondent pose, surrounded by tools and scientific instruments that represent geometry and building. These tools are unused, suggesting a lull in creativity or a frustration of not reaching one's creative potential.

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