The inverted world, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1574 - 1637 print Allegory of the inverted world with Democritus and Heraclitus (the smiling and the weeping philosopher). Heraclitus has written down his eyes sadly while the smiling democritus points to a globe. On the Globe, the foolishness of humanity is represented by fools who enjoy themselves with fighting, playing and minuses. In the background a funeral procession and a wild sea with a sinking ship. On the Globe are the devil, the foolishness and the female personification of Lust (Luxuria) by a jar. In the upper corners of angels with va
The inverted world, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1574 - 1637 print Allegory of the inverted world with Democritus and Heraclitus (the smiling and the weeping philosopher). Heraclitus has written down his eyes sadly while the smiling democritus points to a globe. On the Globe, the foolishness of humanity is represented by fools who enjoy themselves with fighting, playing and minuses. In the background a funeral procession and a wild sea with a sinking ship. On the Globe are the devil, the foolishness and the female personification of Lust (Luxuria) by a jar. In the upper corners of angels with vanitas symbols. In the margin a twelve -line poem, in three columns, in German, and an eight -line poem, in two columns, in French. unknown paper etching 'mundus inversus', the reversed world, the topsy-turvy world, 'le monde bestourné'. Heraclitus, the weeping philosopher, and Democritus, the laughing philosopher. 'Vanitas' symbols. Luxury, Luxuriousness. devils in purely fantasy shape. Folly, Foolishness; 'Pazzia', 'Sciocchezza', 'Stoltitia' (Ripa)
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