... symptoms than Durer's engraving made in 1514. Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) was born in Germany, one of their eighteen children. He attended school and worked in his father's workshop learning the trade of a goldsmith and jeweler. By the age of 13 he was already a skilled painter. In 1486 Durer became an apprentice painter and woodcut designer. His famous engraving, Melencolia, evokes in ... , her dull gaze and lack of eye contact convey a sense of despair that totally engulfs her, as does the starving, dying dog curled in a ball at her feet. This is not fleeting sorrow but an in-depth stud...

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