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''Knight, Death and the Devil'' ((ドイツ語:Ritter, Tod und Teufel)) is a large 1513 engraving, one of the three "master prints" of the German artist Albrecht Dürer. The print portrays an armoured knight, accompanied by his faithful dog, riding through a narrow gorge flanked by a goat-headed devil and the figure of death riding a pale horse. Death holds an hourglass to remind the knight of the shortness of his life. The rider moves through the scene ignoring or looking away from the creatures lurking around him. He appears to be almost contemptuous of the threats, and as such is often seen to be a symbol of courage.〔Bailey, 15〕 Death, the Devil, and the landscape are all rendered in a bleakly northern manner. The surrounding characters are threatening to the knight, who is seemingly protected by the literal and figurative armor of his faith. It is believed by some art historians to be linked with publications of the Dutch humanist and theologian Erasmus's ''Enchiridion militis Christiani'' (''Handbook of a Christian soldier'').〔"(Knight, Death, and the Devil, 1513–14 )". MoMA. Retrieved on June 12, 2010.〕 The engraving draws from Psalm 23; "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil".〔"(Albrecht Dürer, Knight, Death and the Devil, a copperplate engraving )". British Museum. Retrieved on June 12, 2010.〕 ''Knight, Death and the Devil'' is dated and signed by the artist; the bottom left of the tablet is scribed "S. (=Salus/in the year of grace) 1513."〔 In contrast, Ursula Meyer believes that the knight displayed in this print is not a Christian knight at all, but a ''raubritter'', or a "robber knight." She insists that the iconography of the fox tail symbolizes the greed of the knight, and that Death and the Devil are merely the knight's companions on his journey, not omens.〔Meyer, Ursula. "Political implications of Dürer's 'Knight, Death, and Devil'." ''Print Collector's Newsletter'' 16, no. 5 (1976): 27-41.〕 Most print rooms with a significant collection will have a copy, and there are many, often late and worn, impressions in private collections. The print was copied by other artists. ==Composition== The engraving is heavily indebted to the Gothic style. Many of the forms blend into each other. The outline of the horse is built from a series of interlocking curves, while the knight's chin is woven into the line of his helmet. These two central figures are surrounded by a tangled mass of branches, harness and hair, which according to art historian Raymond Stites contrast with the relatively solid figure of the knight and his horse to set them as a "tangible idea in a world of changing forms".〔Stites, 465〕 The man is shown looking doggedly straight ahead, he does not allow his line of vision be interrupted or distracted by the demons beside him.〔Shaw, Daniel. "Epilogue". ''Journal of Psychoanalytic Inquiry'', Volume 27, 2007〕 Death is shown with his horse in the left background, and rendered without nose or lips in lighter shades than the other figures.〔 A skull seen in the lower foreground, directly in the Knight's path, whilst a dog is running between the two horses. 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「Knight, Death and the Devil」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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