engramma - atlante di Aby Warburg

Mnemosyne Atlas 58

Astrological conjunctions in the North

The survival of demonic cosmology in Dürer’s work. Planetary divinities in popular media (pamphlet for the physician Ulsenius), in religious topics (Christ as Helios; the Holy Family) and in secular themes (Kleeberger’s portrait, Melancholia).

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Notes by Aby Warburg (1929)

Dürer

Dürer.

Notes by Aby Warburg and coll. (1929)

Kosmologie bei Dürer.

Cosmology in Dürer.

Notes by Gertrud Bing (ca. 1940)

Dürer + die Astrologie. Syphilis + Tierkreis – Mikrokosmos – Mann. – Flugblatt! Persönliches Horoskop im Portrait. Sol Justitiae – Sonne im Löwen. Flussgötter als Symbol der Erdgebundenheit. Melancolia siehe Luther Aufsatz. Eigentlich gehört hier zu das Selbstportrait Dürers wo er auf seine Milz deutet und dazu schreibt “hier tut es mit weh”. Anfang der Naturwissenschaft. Denkweise – Suche nach der kleinsten + nächsten Ursache. Grabplatte – Melancholiepose als Kontemplation am sich.

Dürer + astrology. Gallic disease + zodiac – microcosm – man – flyer! Personal horoscope in the portrait. Sol Justitiae – Sun in Leo. River deities as symbol of earthboundness. Melancholia, see essay Luther. Actually pertinent to this [series] is Dürer’s self-portrait in which he points to his spleen and writes “here it hurts”. The origins of natural science. Way of thinking – search for the smallest + nearest cause. Sepulchral slab – melancholic pose as introspection.

Further Readings

♦ Seminario Mnemosyne, Cosmologia in Dürer. Saggio interpretativo di Mnemosyne Atlas, Tavola 58, “La rivista di Engramma” 18, luglio/agosto 2002, 19-26.

♦ Seminario Mnemosyne, Letture grafiche di Tavola 58, “La rivista di Engramma” 18, luglio / agosto 2002 [OLD LAYOUT].

*Details of Panel 58' images are edited by Seminario Mnemosyne, in collaboration with "Master in Culture Simboliche" Università Bicocca, Milano (AY 2016/2017)

58_1 | Albrecht Dürer, Uomo sifilitico (volantino astrologico del medico Ulsenius contro la sifilide [didascalia della KBW]), xilografia (39,4x27,7 cm.), 1496. In Ulsenius Theodoricus, In epidemicam scabiem vaticinium, Nürnberg: Hans Mair, 1.VIII.1496 (ISTC iu00059200).
L’immagine in tavola è tratta da: Karl Sudhoff, Alte Meister der Medizin und Naturkunde, München 1912, p. 41, tafel 6.
VERSO: “Karl Sudhoff, nel vol. 4 di Alte Meister der Medizin und Naturkunde (a cura di Gustav Klein)”

58_2 | Albrecht Dürer, Giovane con bilancia e bastone, disegno a penna su carta (24х20,8 cm.), 1498. San Pietroburgo, Ermitage.
L’immagine in tavola è tratta da: J. Meder (Hrsg.), Zeichnungen von Albrecht Dürer in Nachbildungen (facsimile), Berlin 1905, Bd 5.

58_3 | Albrecht Dürer (attribuito a), Uomo nudo sdraiato con clava, disegno a penna e inchiostro nero su carta (11,4x17,5 cm.), 1526 ca. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts.
L’immagine in tavola è tratta da: J. Meder (Hrsg.), Zeichnungen von Albrecht Dürer in Nachbildungen (facsimile), Berlin 1905, Bd 5.

58_4 | Albrecht Dürer, La sacra famiglia con due angeli in una sala con soffitto a volta, xilografia (21,8x 15,4 cm.), 1503-1504 ca.

58_5 | Albrecht Dürer, Nudo femminile sdraiato, disegno a penna e pennelo su carta verde (16,9x21,8 cm.), 1501. Wien, Albertina.

58_6 | Albrecht Dürer, Ritratto di Johannes Kleberger (ritratto di Johannes Kleeberger. In alto a sinistra, rappresentazione di sei pianeti del segno zodiacale del leone. A destra è riportato un segno astrologico segreto secondo l'età del rappresentato [didascalia della KBW]), olio su tavola (37x37 cm.), 1526. Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

58_7 | Albrecht Dürer, Sol Justitiae, acquaforte (10,7x7,7 cm.), 1499 ca.
VERSO: “Giustizia su un leone. (Nemesi)”

58_8 | Uomo addormentato. Particolare della lastra sepolcrale di un prelato, metà sec. XV. Roma, Chiostro di San Giovanni in Laterano, chiostro.
VERSO: “Per malinconia”

58_9 | Albrecht Dürer, Melencolia I (La malinconia saturnica. Incisione su rame di Dürer [didascalia della KBW]), acquaforte (24,1x18,5 cm.), 1514.

1. Albrecht Dürer, Syphilitic man (Astrological leaflet of Physicus Ulsenius against syphilis [KBW caption]), woodcut (39.4x27.7 cm), 1496. In Ulsenius Theodoricus, In epidemicam scabiem vaticinium, Nürnberg: Hans Mair, 1.VIII.1496 (ISTC iu00059200).
The image in the panel is taken from: Karl Sudhoff, Alte Meister der Medizin und Naturkunde, München 1912, p. 41, tafel 6.
VERSO: “Karl Sudhoff, in vol. 4 of Alte Meister der Medizin und Naturkunde (ed. Gustav Klein)”

58_2. Albrecht Dürer, A Young Man with Scales and Sword, pen drawing on paper (24х20.8 cm), 1498. St. Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
The image in the panel is taken from: J. Meder (ed.), Zeichnungen von Albrecht Dürer in Nachbildungen (facsimil), Berlin 1905, vol V. Original:

58_3. Albrecht Dürer (attributed to), Reclining Male Nude, pen and black ink drawing on paper (11.4x17.5 cm), 1526 c. Boston (MA), Museum of Fine Arts.
The image in the panel is taken from: J. Meder (ed.), Zeichnungen von Albrecht Dürer in Nachbildungen (facsimil), Berlin 1905, vol. V.

58_4. Albrecht Dürer, The Holy Family with Two Angels in a Vaulted Hall, Woodcut (21.8x 15.4 cm), 1503-1504 c.

58_5. Albrecht Dürer, Reclining Female Nude, pen and brush drawing on green paper (16.9x21.8 cm), 1501. Vienna, Albertina.

58_6. Albrecht Dürer, Portrait of Johannes Kleeberger (Portrait of Johannes Kleeberger. Upper left, representation of six planets in the zodiac sign of the lion. On the right, a secret astrological sign is given according to the ages of the represented [KBW caption]), oil on panel (37x37 cm), 1526. Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

58_7. Albrecht Dürer, Sol Justitiae, engraving (10.7x7.7 cm), 1499 c.
VERSO: “Justice upon a lion. (Nemesis)”

58_8. Mourning Man. Detail from the gravestone of a prelate, tombstone, mid 15th century. Rome, Basilica di San Giovanni in Laternno, Chiostro Lateranense.
VERSO: “For melancholy”

58_9. Albrecht Dürer, Melencolia I (The saturnic melancholy. Copper engraving by Dürer [KBW caption]), copper engraving (24.1x18.5 cm), 1514.

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58_1 | Albrecht Dürer, Syphilitic man (Astrological leaflet of Physicus Ulsenius against syphilis [KBW caption]), woodcut (39.4x27.7 cm), 1496. In Ulsenius Theodoricus, In epidemicam scabiem vaticinium, Nürnberg: Hans Mair, 1.VIII.1496 (ISTC iu00059200).
The image in the panel is taken from: Karl Sudhoff, Alte Meister der Medizin und Naturkunde, München 1912, p. 41, tafel 6.
VERSO: “Karl Sudhoff, in vol. 4 of Alte Meister der Medizin und Naturkunde (ed. Gustav Klein)”