Adam And Eve Analysis
Analysis of Iconography of the four provided Artworks
Artwork 1: Adam and Eve, Albrecht Dürer, 1504. Engraving. Located on page 357 of the textbook
This artwork belongs to a German who lived for the period (1471-1528). His name is Albrecht Dürer. During his time, he contributed a lot to the field of art work. Throughout his life, he was in thrall to the idea that the perfect human form corresponded to a system of proportion and measurements and could be generated by using such a system (Butts, B. (1985).
He wrote several books that codified his theories that he used to explain several phenomena about the human life and his art work. Some of its typical books that were published are as follows; Manual of Measurement that was released in the …show more content…
E. (2013). In the image, you can see each of them with weight on one leg, the other leg bent, and each with one arm angled slightly upward from the elbow and somewhat away from the body.
With a precise observation, you would notice that Adam holds a branch of a mountain ash, the tree of life while on the other side, Eve holds Fig tree, the tree of knowledge. The four animals on the ground are symbolic. The cat is choleric, the rabbit sanguine, the ox phlegmatic and the elk melancholic.
Artwork 2: The Founding of Tenochtitlan page from the Codex Mendoza, Aztec, 1545 CE. Located on page 411 of the textbook
The art belongs to Antonio de Mendoza. Around the year 1541, he commissioned a codex to record the information about Aztec empire. The Codex recording contained information about the lords of Tenochtitlan, the tribute paid to the Aztecs (Silverstein, J. E. (2000).
The artist of this art was an indigenous member of the Aztecs and the images drawn commonly annotated in Spanish by a priest who spoke Nahunta. The codex was meant to be sent to Spain, but it did not reach there. It ended up in France after France pirates acquired …show more content…
It shows a schematic diagram Tenochtitlan with the city divided into four parts. The four divisions are separated by blue-green diagonals. On the surface of the image, canals are running through the city. The sections are meant to mirror the structure of the universe that is believed that, it is aligned with four cardinal directions; North, East, West, and South.
On the center of the diagram is a picture of an eagle on a cactus. The symbol of eagle and cactus relate to the narrative that explains the establishment of the city (Silverstein, J. E. (2000). The plant tree symbolizes the place name of Tenochtitlan. Besides the cactus is a shield that symbolizes that the people did not just settle peacefully in Mexico. There were some fights. The men in white represent those who lead the people to that location. Below the diagram is a military symbol. It depicts the military power of Aztec empire (Butts, B.
Artwork 1: Adam and Eve, Albrecht Dürer, 1504. Engraving. Located on page 357 of the textbook
This artwork belongs to a German who lived for the period (1471-1528). His name is Albrecht Dürer. During his time, he contributed a lot to the field of art work. Throughout his life, he was in thrall to the idea that the perfect human form corresponded to a system of proportion and measurements and could be generated by using such a system (Butts, B. (1985).
He wrote several books that codified his theories that he used to explain several phenomena about the human life and his art work. Some of its typical books that were published are as follows; Manual of Measurement that was released in the …show more content…
E. (2013). In the image, you can see each of them with weight on one leg, the other leg bent, and each with one arm angled slightly upward from the elbow and somewhat away from the body.
With a precise observation, you would notice that Adam holds a branch of a mountain ash, the tree of life while on the other side, Eve holds Fig tree, the tree of knowledge. The four animals on the ground are symbolic. The cat is choleric, the rabbit sanguine, the ox phlegmatic and the elk melancholic.
Artwork 2: The Founding of Tenochtitlan page from the Codex Mendoza, Aztec, 1545 CE. Located on page 411 of the textbook
The art belongs to Antonio de Mendoza. Around the year 1541, he commissioned a codex to record the information about Aztec empire. The Codex recording contained information about the lords of Tenochtitlan, the tribute paid to the Aztecs (Silverstein, J. E. (2000).
The artist of this art was an indigenous member of the Aztecs and the images drawn commonly annotated in Spanish by a priest who spoke Nahunta. The codex was meant to be sent to Spain, but it did not reach there. It ended up in France after France pirates acquired …show more content…
It shows a schematic diagram Tenochtitlan with the city divided into four parts. The four divisions are separated by blue-green diagonals. On the surface of the image, canals are running through the city. The sections are meant to mirror the structure of the universe that is believed that, it is aligned with four cardinal directions; North, East, West, and South.
On the center of the diagram is a picture of an eagle on a cactus. The symbol of eagle and cactus relate to the narrative that explains the establishment of the city (Silverstein, J. E. (2000). The plant tree symbolizes the place name of Tenochtitlan. Besides the cactus is a shield that symbolizes that the people did not just settle peacefully in Mexico. There were some fights. The men in white represent those who lead the people to that location. Below the diagram is a military symbol. It depicts the military power of Aztec empire (Butts, B.