[Sca-cooks] Found another Art archive (plus a minor excursion into Mathematics)

[Martin G. Diehl]

Greetings, 

I noticed yet another Internet Art Archive (YAIAA) ... 

"The Artchive"; 
http://artchive.com/ftp_site.htm 

Some examples ... 

Piero di Cosimo; "The Discovery of Honey"; 
c. 1505-1510; Oil on panel; Art Museum, Worcester, MA 
http://artchive.com/artchive/P/piero_di_cosimo/cosimo_honey.jpg.html
[ob food reference]

Piero di Cosimo (1462-1521) -- short bio
http://artchive.com/artchive/P/piero_di_cosimo.html
[yet another ob food reference]

Durer, Albrecht; "A Young Hare"; 
1502; Watercolor and gouache on paper; 25 x 23 cm
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/D/durer/hare.jpg.html

Durer, Albrecht; "Portrait of Michael Wolgemut"; 
1516; Oil and tempera on panel; 29 x 27 cm
http://artchive.com/artchive/D/durer/wolgemut.jpg.html

[this might not be the same Wolgemut as we see at Pennsic <g>]

Durer, Albrecht; "Melencolia I"; 
1514; Engraving; 24 x 19 cm; 
http://artchive.com/artchive/D/durer/melencol.jpg.html 

[Note: "Melencolia I" contains the first magic square to 
be seen in Europe, cleverly including the date 1514 as two 
entries in the middle of the bottom row.  There seems to be 
some math mystery about the polyhedron in the picture.  
More about math later in this message (u r warned)]

Durer, Albrecht; "Self-Portrait at 26", 1498
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/D/durer/self26.jpg.html

Albrecht Durer (1471-1528)
http://artchive.com/artchive/D/durer.html 

Quoting from the preceding link, 

	It is, however, the self-portraits of Durer that 
	give us the greatest insight into his character 
	and beliefs. The first, drawn when he was just 13, 
	depicts the soft features of a young boy, sketched 
	with great confidence and skill. 

	Durer was rightly proud of his achievement and 
	years later he added the inscription: 

		'This I drew, using a mirror; it is 
		my own likeness, in the year 1484, 
		when I was still a child.' 

After a 'little distraction' (TM) (read about it further 
along in this message), I found this set of drawings ... 
I should say, this *spectacular* set of drawings.

Drawings (1484-1499) by Albrecht DÜRER
http://gallery.euroweb.hu/html/d/durer/2/11/1/

Albrecht DÜRER, "Self-Portrait at 13"; 
1484; Silverpoint on paper, 275 x 196 mm; 
http://gallery.euroweb.hu/art/d/durer/2/11/1/01self13.jpg

Hmmmmmmmm .. what kind of hat is that?  Is that a pocket?  
[ob garb reference]

While looking for a good image of the Albrecht Durer 
"Self-Portrait at 13", I got a 'little bit' sidetracked 
when my buddy Google claimed that he saw a reference to 
Albrecht Durer in "The MacTutor History of Mathematics" 
archive.  This is a "collection of over 1000 biographies 
and historical articles of a mathematical nature" 

A Renaissance Artist ... in a site about the history of 
Mathematics ... I'll just look for a few minutes to see 
what's going on ... then finish this eMail.  Time passes.  

(Side note ... Mathematicians are just a little strange ... 
the home page of the site claims 'over 1000 biographies' 
and this folder, "Index of /~history/Mathematicians"; 
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/ 
lists 1,718 files which seem to be names ... presumably 
names of mathematicians.  No matter how you count it, 
1,718 > 1,000 ... so who am I to complain?)

That site includes Albrecht Durer as one of the 1,718 
names listed in their History of Mathematics.  

"The MacTutor History of Mathematics"; 
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/

Mathematics History Topics Index; 
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Indexes/HistoryTopics.html

Mathematics History Indexes of Biographies (conveniently 
divided into Chronological _and_ Alphabetical indexes); 
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/BiogIndex.html 
[ob Historical Name Research]

"Albrecht Durer" (as a Mathematician!); 
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Durer.html 

Albrecht Durer, the Artist ... also a Mathematician ... OK, so 
Google wasn't pulling my leg ... at least, not this time.  <g> 

I hope that you will enjoy reading this and looking at the 
images as much as I enjoyed putting it together for you.  

... if I'm off target with this sort of message or report, 
I certainly hope you'll let me know sooner than later.  

Vincenzo

P.S. for those who think life is incomplete without a cat ... 

"Self-Portrait" (after Durer) by Melinda Copper
http://www.porterfieldsfineart.com/MelindaCopper/selfportrait.htm

More at ... 
"MELINDA COPPER Self-Portraits of the Masters"; 
http://www.porterfieldsfineart.com/MelindaCopper/selfportraitsofthemastersmainpage.htm 

All done ... for now ... <g> 

Vincenzo

-- 
Martin G. Diehl 

So much wisdom and knowledge -- so little time and bandwidth. 

"Thou plenty hast, yet me dost scant"
--John Dowland (1562-1626); "The First Booke of Songs"; 1597. 

Reality: That which remains after you stop thinking about it. 
--inspired by P. K. Dick

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