2015 - Nuremberg - Ship of Fools
Named the "Ship of Fools", this bronze statue of a boat carrying seven people, a skeleton and a dog is planted in a main pathway and catches the eye of travelers. Based on a popular sixteenth century book by Sebastian Brant, this 1987 bronze piece was sculpted by Juergen Weber off of woodcuts by favorite Nurembeger, Albrecht Dürer.
Jürgen Weber (Münster, Westf., 1928 - Pou d’es Lleo, Ibiza, 2007), German sculptor from Braunschweig.
This gloomy sculpture shows an expelled Adam and Eve, their murderous son Cain and other violent figures.
Sebastian Brant (1458-1521) was born at Strasburg, studied at the university of Basel, became doctor of civil and canon law, and taught at Basel until 1501, when he returned to his native town. There he held several municipal offices and in 1521 was given charge of an embassy to Ghent by the emperor, Charles V.
Brant’s Narrenschiff, or Ship of Fools (Basel, 1494) was one of the most popular books of the sixteenth century.
2015 - Nuremberg - Ship of Fools
Named the "Ship of Fools", this bronze statue of a boat carrying seven people, a skeleton and a dog is planted in a main pathway and catches the eye of travelers. Based on a popular sixteenth century book by Sebastian Brant, this 1987 bronze piece was sculpted by Juergen Weber off of woodcuts by favorite Nurembeger, Albrecht Dürer.
Jürgen Weber (Münster, Westf., 1928 - Pou d’es Lleo, Ibiza, 2007), German sculptor from Braunschweig.
This gloomy sculpture shows an expelled Adam and Eve, their murderous son Cain and other violent figures.
Sebastian Brant (1458-1521) was born at Strasburg, studied at the university of Basel, became doctor of civil and canon law, and taught at Basel until 1501, when he returned to his native town. There he held several municipal offices and in 1521 was given charge of an embassy to Ghent by the emperor, Charles V.
Brant’s Narrenschiff, or Ship of Fools (Basel, 1494) was one of the most popular books of the sixteenth century.