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THE BLACK DEATH Your presence is required at the Church this Saturday, where the King has announced a public enquiry to the great pestilence, whereby Father Rowen and leading scientist Dr. Mark will address our concerns and questions. In the meantime, here is there advice: HOW DID THE BLACK DEATH COME TO OUR HOMES? According to Father Rowen, God is punishing us for our sins. As King Magnus of Sweden explained, "God for the sins of men has struck the world with this great punishment of sudden…

Germany after the Grate War was devastated. They were blamed for the war and had to sign the Peace Treaty of Versailles in 1919. The French wanted protection and repayments for what they suffered and so did England, USA and Italy. Many historians knew that this unfair treaty could produce another war yet as we know no one listened. Germany paid off their Versailles debt in 2010 and still managed to be one of the strongest countries in Europa as of today. Artist in Germany…

However, it is not basic in the way that it allows us to understand the situation before and during the First World War. Hermann Scheer’s work are mostly woodcuts, due to being prior to the invention of lino, and the sharp lines and ‘unclean’ texture are due to the sharp lines created by the crude knives and carving tools used to cut the woodblock. The monotone effect is also largely due to black being the…

During renaissance, some printings were made in form of woodcuts and engravings especially in Germany. However, painting was taken more serious during the baroque period. In this case, painting was made with broader gestures and images were less ambiguous than those in the renaissance (The Baroque Era In The Arts…

Before the invention of recorded sound, ballads were a form of storytelling that was easy to remember. It was made for an audience to remember, consequently they often rhymed and sang with the aid of a tune, audiences would often join along in song or convey their opinion about the message or event in the piece. A ballad is a story, fictitious or real, usually involving an event either political, jovial or a feat of strength, virtue or heroism. When the printing press became available in the…

Cornelis Escher (1898-1972), was born in Leeuwarden, Holland. The Dutch artist was a draftsman, book illustrator, tapestry designer, and muralist, but his primary work was as a printmaker. During his lifetime the artist has made 448 lithographs, woodcuts and wood engravings and over 2000 drawings and sketches. He was born as the fourth and youngest son of a civil engineer and failed his high school exams, however enrolled in the School for Architecture and Decorative Arts in Haarlem. Escher…

a family of famous artists, including his father, uncle, and older brother. Hans Holbein the Younger learned to paint from his famous artistic father, Hans Holbein the Elder. Hans Holbein the Younger painted over 150 portraits, as well as created woodcuts and designed clothing for royalty during his lifetime. In 1515, Holbein went to Basel, Switzerland and was commissioned to do pen illustrations in the margins of Erasmus’ book The Praise of Folly. Furthermore, in 1519 Holbein was admitted…

planets is far more accurate than those in the geocentric diagram. Another example of advances in science is anatomy. In the Middle Ages, it was widely believed that the twelve groups of constellations governed the parts of the body. This is seen in a woodcut call “Zodiac Man” from a book by German Astronomer Johann Regiomontanus (Doc D). In 1543 Belgian physician, Andreas Vesalius made an illustration of the human body. The illustration was based off his research and dissection of human…

dimensional spaces through the interaction of figures. Spitzack aims to communicate figures in movement and emotion in his art. He does this through the position of the figure but also in the quality of his carved line. This is best achieved in his woodcuts, because of the mediums qualities of grain line along with carved lines. Color and composition further aid the simplistic figures in communicating a mood. The themes in his work speak of laboring individuals. This might be laboring…

Judgement Day iconography of the “Trumpet sounding” summoning souls to be judged. (Hammerstein, 1980) This led to illustrations of the Totentanz as a dance towards death. Other art forms based on the Totentanz gradually evolved including decorative woodcuts, accompanied by texts detailing “Death’s” personal message to each person. Hans Holbein’s series of 41 wood-cuttings entitled Totentanz show the Danse Macabre and the Last Judgement. According to Sharon Winlhofer the Totentanz’s variations…