Third in the series Albrecht Dürer's Material World: Print Culture in Focus
A series of talks supported by The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, celebrating The Whitworth’s landmark exhibition Albrecht Dürer’s Material World

The pendulant gourd in Dürer’s St Jerome in his Study (1514) has long been an object of fascination and frustration for art historians. While most acknowledge that by including this bulbous fruit so prominently in the print Dürer intended it to have some special meaning, nobody can quite agree on what that meaning is. Interpretations have tended to be iconographical, drawing on sometimes obscure texts while largely ignoring the object’s curious, virtuosic form. Focusing on that form and the internal logic of the image, this talk will explore how, in the St Jerome, Dürer tackled the knotty problems of representation, ornament and signification.

More about Alexander Marr's research here: https://www.alexandermarr.com

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