Hans Baldung Green is an extremely original master, whose creativity is whimsically intertwined with Renaissance features with medieval symbols, fiction and elements of emerging Mannerism, an artistic direction that was

In the painting “Three ages of man” four figures represent an allegory of three age cycles, three stages of human life. Death is depicted as a skeleton with an hourglass

Painters of the Renaissance painted many allegorical paintings with the attributes of the arts. The Northern Renaissance also developed within this tradition. Enlightened patrons, wealthy townspeople and representatives of the

But most expressive are the unusually living faces of saints, Christ, angels and especially Mary – her image with her deep humanity and worried spiritual purity already belongs entirely to

Medieval theological science identified five key concepts of witchcraft: a deal with the devil, coition with the devil, flight of a witch, a coven and spells of witchcraft. According to