Ship of Fools
Found in the Nuremberg Altstadt, the &quot;Ship of Fools&quot; statue is based on Sebastian Brant's 1494 best selling book &quot;Das Narrenschiff&quot;. It seems that 500 years ago, authors were already predicting that increasing violence and progressive technology would lead to the demise of civilization - makes me wonder what Brant would think if he was around today.  

The statue depicts society's first fall with Adam and Eve and their son Cain and introduces pain, suffering and death experienced in life.  Written on the back of the statue, &quot;Gewalt und Technik und Resignation zerstören das Leben. Der Tod lacht Hohn.&quot; &quot;Violence and technology and resignation destroy life. Death laughs mockingly.&quot;

Although Brant was born in Strasbourg, Nuremberg's most famous artist - Albrecht Durer - created the woodcut scenes that accompanied the satirical writings of Brant's &quot;Narrenschiff&quot; - which explains how the statue came to rest in Nuremberg. 

Time your travels right and you can walk from the statue to the Christmas Market Gluhwein stand appropriately placed behind it and drink away the dreary scene~!

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