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wikipedia would be better with a page on "melancholy" as it is used contemporarily. should the modern use go on this page or another page? Id like to know the consensus before i begin work on this page that angers somebody. [[User:Spencerk|Spencerk]] 17:58, 3 March 2006 (UTC) |
wikipedia would be better with a page on "melancholy" as it is used contemporarily. should the modern use go on this page or another page? Id like to know the consensus before i begin work on this page that angers somebody. [[User:Spencerk|Spencerk]] 17:58, 3 March 2006 (UTC) |
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The object in the woodcut is clearly not a [[truncated cube]], as defined in the linked page. The truncated cube has no pentagonal faces, while the object in the woodcut has many. It is a symbol of melancholy in art, so I think it would be nice to know the correct name for it. [[User:Cgray4|Cgray4]] 13:58, 15 May 2006 (UTC) |
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Revision as of 13:58, 15 May 2006
Dürer's woodcut is actually entitled Melencholia and is usually referred to by that spelling.
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It is? if so please update this page & the Durer page
From the article:
- It was characterized by "aversion to food, despondency, sleeplessness, irritability, restlessness," as well as the statement that "fear or depression that is prolonged means melancholia."
Can anyone say where those quoted passages are from?
Stanley Jackson, Melancholia and Depression: From Hippocratic Times to Modern Times, (Yale University Press, New Haven, 1986) p.30. cites Hippocrates, Works, 1: 263, 4:185. I am not sure how much of this [and in what form] should be included in the article.
I love that image used for this page. Studio1991 06:16, 17 Mar 2004 (UTC)
But the writing in the woodcut itself spells it "Melencolia"
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wikipedia would be better with a page on "melancholy" as it is used contemporarily. should the modern use go on this page or another page? Id like to know the consensus before i begin work on this page that angers somebody. Spencerk 17:58, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
The object in the woodcut is clearly not a truncated cube, as defined in the linked page. The truncated cube has no pentagonal faces, while the object in the woodcut has many. It is a symbol of melancholy in art, so I think it would be nice to know the correct name for it. Cgray4 13:58, 15 May 2006 (UTC)