Caption: Das Narrenschiff by painter Franz Sedlacek (1891--1945): Cover art for the cover page of the magazine Jugend, Munich, Germany, 1930, Number 6.
There is waxing crescent moon in the sky. Where is the Sun? To the _____ _____ .
Sedlacek was part of the art movement the New Objectivity which is similar to magic realism.
The concept or motif or meme ship of fools (German Narrenschiff) goes back to Plato (428/427--348/347 BCE)---it's a Platonic ideal---a ship without a pilot governed by the ignorant, frivolous, oblivious, and deranged.
The expression ship of fools has been often used as a title: e.g.:
- Das Narrenschiff (1494): satirical allegory in Early New High German verse by Sebastian Brant (1457--1521).
- Ship of Fools (1962): novel by Katherine Anne Porter (1890--1980).
- Ship of Fools (1965 film):
Cast:
Jose Ferrer (1912--1992),
Lee Marvin (1924--1987),
Michael Dunn (1934--1973),
Oskar Werner (1922--1984),
Simone Signoret (1921--1985),
Vivien Leigh (1913--1967),
Werner Klemperer (1920--2000).
Credit/Permission: Franz Sedlacek (1891--1945),
1930
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2016) /
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