Friday, September 10, 2010

Albrecht Dürer- Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse


Read about it here on Wikipedia

The history of The Four horsemen of the Apocalypse can be found in Revelations. John depicts the four horsemen as: One, being Pestilence- he is carrying a bow and wears a crown. The next is War depicted by a sword. Then comes Famine holding a scale (to weigh food during a famine), Lastly is Death with Hell behind him. John says one fourth of the world will be destroyed by one or the other of these four.

This art was, from what I read an engraving. I'm not 100 percent on that one, but I'm pretty sure that is what I read.

Questions I asked my kids:
What does this art make you feel?
What do you think Durer was thinking as he drew this?

6 comments:

  1. Hi Mrs. Thevaos, I just started my own blog and its still a work in progress. I was wondering how you made the backround of your blog post transparent? It looks really neat!
    Have a great day!
    Blessings,
    KristiAna

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  2. Hi Sweet girl! Well, I'll have to remember... I put everything on the very basic Minima backround setting, and then I went to the customize tab at the top of the page- that is where I think I chose to have the back of the blog list transparent. I then went to "cutest blog on the block" and chose what free backround I wanted and copied that to my blog- it has instructions on how to do it there- I hope this helps!

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  3. Thank you! I will try this your blog looks beautiful! I have been working on my blog. I think if you click on my name you will be able to see it.
    Blessings,
    Kristiana

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  4. Just two more questions... Which page where you on when you selected the minima backround and what page was the option for transparent on?
    Thanks!
    Kristiana

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  5. Sorry for being so long to reply, Kristiana. I've been sick. The Minima backround is chosen when you originaly chose your template. It is the simplist of all of the templates blogger offers.

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  6. It's alright, I hope you are feeling better! I'll have to work on this. I started a blog with wordpress but it seems to be a lot more diffucult then blogger. Plus if you want to make it like a real site withought the url having to be januarylemongrass.wordpress.com you have to pay.
    I've noticed that some people who have blogger don't have blogspot on their web address... anyhow have a great day and hope you are completely well!
    Kristiana

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