Adam and Eve

Stand in contrapposto

Body based off of britivian cannon proportions

Proportions of face determined by rest of the body

Two real sculptures inspirations; Apolobelvedeer and Medici Venus

Haven’t seen interest in contrapposto in north yet, extraordinary detail

Burin: Steel cutting-tool that is used to make engravings

Surface of sheet is covered in ink so it will pool into incised areas, ink wiped away and paper is places on top

Using hatching and cross hatching to show value

Artist’s monogram is in corner

The prints could easily be copied

Religious devotion: meditate on sin

Durer shows off talent in a difficult medium

Parrot: call sounds like “Eve Ave” (Hail Mary), collector of items in Germany, symbolic of eve

Goat: scapegoat; precarious position, dangling over the cliff, fall of humanity

Snake: Temptation

Elk: Black bile (melancholic)

Ox: Phlegm (lethargic)

Rabbit: Blood (energetic)

Mouse: Satan

Cat: Yellow bile (angry), Christ must catch mouse!

Humanizing of religion, maybe not realistically but still humanizing

Four humors: Ancient Greek system of medicine and later adapted in the Renaissance (Blood, yellow bile, black bile, phlegm)

Exercises or deficiencies of any of the four body fluids was believed to affect attitude and health

When the angel and devil on our shoulders are in balance, but when one of these is greater than the others, our personalities change.

After the fall of one humor, others predominated over the other, throwing us off balance.

Hair is sexual energy for Adam and Eve

Sign proudly identifies the artist

Artist Leonardo of the North introduced italian conventions

Enabled artists to study classical tradition without traveling to Italy.

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Northern Influences:

16th c. Northern Engraving