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Knight, Death and the Devil (German: Ritter, Tod und Teufel) is a large 1513 engraving by the German artist Albrecht Dürer, one of the three Meisterstiche (master prints) completed during a period when he almost ceased to work in paint or woodcuts to focus on engravings.
The juxtaposition of the knight and Death suggests the knight’s impending demise. Despite this Christian soldier’s battle-ready appearance, no amount of armor can protect him (and, by proxy, the rest of humanity) from death, though he shows no outward signs of fear or of temptation by the devil, who follows closely behind. Status.
The Knight and Death (Italian: Il cavaliere la morte) is a crime novel by Leonardo Sciascia, published in 1988. Plot. The protagonist of the novel is a cultured and tenacious detective affected by a deadly disease (which is clearly a cancer, although it is never openly stated).
18 de oct. de 2021 · Knight, Death and the Devil (1513), is one of Dürer’s most famous and most complex artworks that has been subject to much debate among art historians. At the heart of the controversy is the figure of the knight, and his symbolic function and meaning.
30 de may. de 2020 · "The Knight, Death and the Devil" it is fundamentally the symbolic representation of a spiritual conduct strictly connected to salvation. The engraving depicts a knight who, statuesque in his posture, dressed in splendid armor, with a helmet on his head and armed with a sword and spear, rides indomitable on a majestic steed.
31 de may. de 2022 · HISTORY MAGAZINE. ‘Knight, Death, and the Devil’ elevated this artist to a Renaissance master. A Christian knight confronts life's temptations in Albrecht Dürer's 1513 engraving, considered...
Dürer's Knight, Death, and the Devil is one of three large prints of 1513–14 known as his Meisterstiche (master engravings). The other two are Melancholia I and Saint Jerome in His Study.
