Decoding art: Dürer’s Melencolia I

This famous image is packed with meaning. Find out what each of these objects symbolizes, and how they relate to the overall theme of melancholy.

Special thanks to the Minneapolis Institute of Art

Albrecht Dürer, Melencolia I, 1514, engraving (Minneapolis Institute of Art)

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