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[IBC] Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)
Lynn,
Hunker down, the book gets even better. You might also enjoy the earlier one -Angels & Demons-. It introduces the character and is well researched to boot. Regards, Shelly Hurd Central CA - Sunset Zone 8-USDA Zone 9 Back to bonsai David wrote: For those one or two of you unfamiliar with Herr Dürer, he was a man of remarkable genius; I recall being stunned, really stunned, at his engravings and pen & ink work: http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac....ans/Durer.html ------------------ "Lynn Boyd" replied: Dave, If he still fascinates you because of that perfection with mathematical proportions, the PHI, l.618 ratio, also, Fibonacci sequence, the pentacle and Leonardo's Vitruvian Man, there is a top selling mystery book now, _The Da Vinci Code_ that makes a great story wrapped around the use of these as a way to solve a murder through a secret correspondence. I just got into it and wrapping that all into a murder mystery with the ancient church secret brotherhoods is darned good reading. It makes the time of DaVinci and many of these "divine" proportion and religious events fit together in a way they don't when studied in art history. I am only about page 75 and already really enthralled. There are websites - I haven't seen yet: www.thedavincicode.com and www.danbrown.com. The reason I guessed the Durer work Nina mentions might be of a lily is that the Fleur de lis at that time was The Mona Lisa . I think the Lily was so often used somehow in that representation - but I only guess now. I promise you will love the way this wraps up in an art murder mystery. Lynn |
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