May 10, 2019 sebastian brant was a devout loyalist to the holy roman empire. Ship of fools is a popular motif in medieval art and literatur. Durer scholar rangsook yoon explores the significance of these early pieces and how in their subtlety of allegory they show promise of his masterpieces to come. Trained in classics and law at the university of basel, brant later lectured in jurisprudence there and practiced law in his native city of strasbourg. Sebastian brant wolfenbutteler abhandlungen zur renaissanceforschung, 26, wiesbaden 2009, s. Oct 25, 2011 at the start of his career, as a young man in his twenties, albrecht durer created a series of woodcuts to illustrate sebastian brants the ship of fools of 1494. Niederdeutsche studien 41 bohlau, wien 1994 volltext als.
Sebastian brant and the ship of fools scihi blogscihi blog. Navigating durers woodcuts for the ship of fools the. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. Following the first edition, which was printed in 1494 by brant s old university friend johann bergmann, brant s satire on human foolishness became a european bestseller. Sep 08, 2002 it is the fools journey spelled out in images that are fun and funny, strange and elegant. It is the most famous treatment of the ship of fools trope and circulated in numerous translations. Narrenschyff ad narragoniam is a satirical allegory in german verse published in 1494 in basel, switzerland, by the humanist and theologian sebastian brant. Dec, 2019 open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Sebastian brants narrenschiff in deutschen ausgaben des 15. The work concerns the incidents on a ship carrying more than 100 people to narragonia, the fools paradise, and is an unsparing, bitter, and sweeping satire, especially of the. Ai perfundimisht hyri ne universitetin e bazelit ne vitin 1475, fillimisht duke studiuar filozofine dhe pastaj duke u transferuar ne shkollen e juridikut. He felt that the german people would need to cast off decadence and live in a highly moral fashion.
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