Ship of Fools (satire)
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Ship of Fools is a satire published 1494 in Basel, Switzerland, by Sebastian Brant, a conservative German theologian.
A brilliant series of brief satires, illustrated with woodcuts, it is notable for including the first commissioned work by the great Renaissance artist-engraver Albrecht Dürer.
The Ship of Fools was inspired by a frequent motif in medieval art and Literature, and particularly in religious satire, due to a pun on the Latin word "navus", which means a boat and also the Nave of a Church.
Ship of Fools is also the name of a 1965 American film. See Ship of Fools (film).