May 14, 2015 10:23 am |
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The Duerers Temptation of the Idler |
Anna Jorgensen
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The name of the full image, shown on the left, has often changed over the centuries. It has been called “a man sleeping in a bath, with Venus inspiring his dreams,” “Mars and Venus,” “The Temptation of the Idler,” the “Dream of the Doctor,” and what I think is the weirdest of all, the famous 20th century Dürer scholar, Erwin Panofsky, related this print to a Roman legend about boccia.
http://www.albrechtdurerblog.com/the-duerers-temptation-of-the-idler/
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