Literature TalkLiterature TalkStep back to 1494 Basel and explore one of history's sharpest satires. Art historian Alain Régent unpacks Dürer's haunting engravings for "The Ship of Fools," a Carnival-day bestseller that roasted human folly with images still wickedly relevant today.
Renaissance art history
15th-century satire
free evening talk
rare engraving viewing
Tips
🎨rare chance to see original 1494 engravings
👤host Alain Régent is a renowned engraving specialist
📚book inspired the phrase "ship of fools"
Saturday, November 21, 6:30 PM
Free
La nef des fols en images
November 21 at 6:30pm
Aix-en-Provence
Literature TalkLiterature TalkStep back to 1494 Basel and explore one of history's sharpest satires. Art historian Alain Régent unpacks Dürer's haunting engravings for "The Ship of Fools," a Carnival-day bestseller that roasted human folly with images still wickedly relevant today.
Renaissance art history
15th-century satire
free evening talk
rare engraving viewing
Tips
🎨rare chance to see original 1494 engravings
👤host Alain Régent is a renowned engraving specialist
📚book inspired the phrase "ship of fools"
Saturday, November 21, 6:30 PM
Free
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