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About This Work
This woodcut displays a dense, continuous white-line knotting pattern set against a solid black circular field. The design centers on one circular knot surrounded by six others, all seamlessly woven together in a display of geometric complexity. Heart-shaped foliage ornaments the four corners outside the central circle.
These 'Knots' reflect the Renaissance fascination with mathematical perfection and the 'divine proportion' as a mirror of cosmic order. Directly adapted from the patterns of the 'Achademia Leonardi Vinci,' they represent the contemplative application of sacred geometry to the decorative arts.
Connected Texts
Leonardo da Vinci
Dürer's knot series consists of woodcut copies and adaptations of the 'Academia Leonardi Vinci' engravings produced in Milan.
Luca Pacioli
Pacioli's 'De Divina Proportione' provides the mathematical and philosophical framework for the geometric interlaces used by Leonardo and Dürer.
Provenance & Source
Object
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
paper
height 270 mm x width 209 mm
decorative
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