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The ''Affe mit Schädel'' ("ape with skull"), is a famous work by the late-19th-century German sculptor Hugo Rheinhold. The statuette is otherwise known as the ''“Affe, einen Schädel betrachtend”'' (monkey viewing or contemplating a skull). It was first exhibited in 1893 at the ''Große Berliner Kunstaustellung'' (Great Berlin Art Exhibition). ==Description of the statue== A common chimpanzee (''Pan troglodytes'') is sitting atop a pile of books and manuscripts. The subject is holding in its right hand a human skull, echoing the scene in Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'' where the Prince of Denmark mourns Yorick ("Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him…"). The chimpanzee cradles its chin with a hand in a contemplative posture. Sitting with its left leg supporting the right, the right leg holds the calipers in its foot. A spine of one of the closed books reads "Darwin". Image:HugoRheinholdApeWithSkull.DarwinMonkey.5.jpg|Detail showing human skull Image:HugoRheinholdApeWithSkull.DarwinMonkey.4.jpg|Detail showing contemplative posture Image:HugoRheinholdApeWithSkull.DarwinMonkey.6.jpg|Detail showing pile of books and "Darwin" spine Image:HugoRheinholdApeWithSkull.InstituteEvolutionaryBiologyUniversityEdinburgh.rip.jpg|Detail showing rip to Bible page The book open at the feet and facing the viewer has a single inscription on the right hand page: "''eritis sicut deus''" from Genesis 3.5 when the serpent is enticing Eve to eat of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden against the Lord’s command, promising "And ye shall be as God (good and evil )"), however the second half of this quote is missing, ripped from the lower half of the page.〔Richter, J. & Schmetzke, A. (2005) ("Der Philosophische Affe und die Eule der Minerva." ) In Kant, H. & Vogt, A., eds. ''Aus Wissenschaftsgeschichte und -theorie''. Hubert Laitko zum 70. Geburtstag. Berlin: Berliner Verlag für Wissenschafts- und Regionalgeschichte Dr. Michael Engel: p. 19. Also Richter, J., & Schmetzke, A. (2007). Hugo Rheinhold's philosophizing monkey—a modern Owl of the Minerva. ''NTM—International Journal of History and Ethics of Natural Sciences, Technology and Medicine'', 15(2): p. 86.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Affe mit Schädel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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