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Albrecht Dürer is the most famous German Renaissance artist . He was very interested in the relationship between mathematics and art . In 1514 , he created a copper engraving called Melancholia , which included a magic square - the first magic square published in Europe .
Description of the problem
There are 86 different combinations of four numbers from the square that sum to it ' s magic number , 34 !
How many can you find ? What is the concept of magic square ? What is the magic square in Dürer ' s Melancholy ?

Dürer ' s Magic Square

Author : Irina Soselia
Albrecht Dürer is the most famous German Renaissance artist . He was very interested in the relationship between mathematics and art . In 1514 , he created a copper engraving called Melancholia , which included a magic square - the first magic square published in Europe .
Description of the problem
There are 86 different combinations of four numbers from the square that sum to it ' s magic number , 34 !
How many can you find ? What is the concept of magic square ? What is the magic square in Dürer ' s Melancholy ?

Albrecht Dürer is the most famous German Renaissance artist . He was very interested in the relationship between mathematics and art . In 1514 , he created a copper engraving called Melancholia , which included a magic square - the first magic square published in Europe .

Description of the problem

There are 86 different combinations of four numbers from the square that sum to it ' s magic number , 34 !

How many can you find ? What is the concept of magic square ? What is the magic square in Dürer ' s Melancholy ?