Hans baldung grien

At first glance, the tradition of Påskkärring, or “Easter Hags,” seems quite innocent, but deeper study reveals a dark history, one of oppression and persecution.

Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) | Lucretia | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Written by Titus, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Almost every civilization and religion has been conscious of the inevitability of death. While it may sound terrifying, it is an eventual reality. No one comes out of life alive. Memento mori is a Latin phrase that roughly translates as “remember that you die.” It originated in the

Hans Baldung Grien 1484-1545. Strasbourg et Freiburg. Nativité. 1539. . Karlsruhe. Staatliche Kunsthalle. Hans Baldung Grien 1484-1545. Strasbourg and Freiburg. Nativity. 1539. Karlsruhe. Staatliche Kunsthalle.

Hans Baldung Grien (1484/1485-1545) ~ The Martyrdom of St.-Bastiaan, Pen in black ink and wash, 1510-1515

Hans Baldung - The Holy Family in a Landscape,1512 - Gemäldegalerie der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien