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| Keywords: people indoor Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (sometimes known as Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam) (October 27, 1466/1469, Rotterdam – July 12, 1536, Basel) was a Dutch Renaissance humanist and a Catholic Christian theologian. His scholarly name Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus comprises the following three elements: the Latin noun desiderium (&quot;longing&quot; or &quot;desire&quot;; the name being a genuine Late Latin name); the Greek adjective ἐράσμιος (erásmios) meaning &quot;desired&quot;, and, in the form Erasmus, also the name of a saint; and the Latinized adjectival form for the city of Rotterdam (Roterodamus = &quot;of Rotterdam&quot;). Erasmus was a classical scholar who wrote in a &quot;pure&quot; Latin style and enjoyed the sobriquet &quot;Prince of the Humanists.&quot; He has been called &quot;the crowning glory of the Christian humanists.&quot;[1] Using humanist techniques for working on texts, he prepared important new Latin and Greek editions of the New Testament. These raised questions that would be influential in the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation. He also wrote The Praise of Folly, Handbook of a Christian Knight, On Civility in Children, Copia: Foundations of the Abundant Style, Julius Exclusus, and many other works. Erasmus lived through the Reformation period and he consistently criticized some contemporary popular Christian beliefs. In relation to clerical abuses in the Church, Erasmus remained committed to reforming the Church from within. He also held to Catholic doctrines such as that of free will, which some Protestant Reformers rejected in favor of the doctrine of predestination. His middle road disappointed and even angered many Protestants, such as Martin Luther, as well as conservative Catholics. He died in Basel in 1536 and was buried in the formerly Catholic cathedral there, recently converted to a Reformed church. Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (sometimes known as Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam) (October 27, 1466/1469, Rotterdam – July 12, 1536, Basel) was a Dutch Renaissance humanist and a Catholic Christian theologian. His scholarly name Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus comprises the following three elements: the Latin noun desiderium ("longing" or "desire"; the name being a genuine Late Latin name); the Greek adjective ἐράσμιος (erásmios) meaning "desired", and, in the form Erasmus, also the name of a saint; and the Latinized adjectival form for the city of Rotterdam (Roterodamus = "of Rotterdam"). Erasmus was a classical scholar who wrote in a "pure" Latin style and enjoyed the sobriquet "Prince of the Humanists." He has been called "the crowning glory of the Christian humanists."[1] Using humanist techniques for working on texts, he prepared important new Latin and Greek editions of the New Testament. These raised questions that would be influential in the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation. He also wrote The Praise of Folly, Handbook of a Christian Knight, On Civility in Children, Copia: Foundations of the Abundant Style, Julius Exclusus, and many other works. Erasmus lived through the Reformation period and he consistently criticized some contemporary popular Christian beliefs. In relation to clerical abuses in the Church, Erasmus remained committed to reforming the Church from within. He also held to Catholic doctrines such as that of free will, which some Protestant Reformers rejected in favor of the doctrine of predestination. His middle road disappointed and even angered many Protestants, such as Martin Luther, as well as conservative Catholics. He died in Basel in 1536 and was buried in the formerly Catholic cathedral there, recently converted to a Reformed church. Holbein-erasmus.jpg Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam 1466/69 1536 was a renowned humanist scholar and theologian He moved in 1521 to Basel the city where Hans Holbein the Younger lived and had his workshop Such was the fame of Erasmus who corresponded with scholars throughout Europe that he needed many portraits of himself to send abroad Holbein painted three much-copied portraits of Erasmus in 1523 of which this is the largest and most elaborate It is likely the one sent to William Warham Archbishop of Canterbury in England Holbein later painted Warham after he travelled to England in 1526 in search of work with a recommendation from Erasmus who had once lived in England himself Holbein's portrait of Erasmus includes a Latin couplet by the scholar inscribed on the edge of the leaning book on the shelf which states that Holbein would rather have a slanderer than an imitator According to art historian Stephanie Buck this portrait is an idealized picture of a sensitive highly cultivated scholar and this was precisely how Erasmus wanted to be remembered by future generations Stephanie Buck Hans Holbein Cologne Könemann 1999 ISBN 3829025831 p 50 1523 oil tempera panel cm 76 51 Institution National Gallery London on loan from Longford Castle <br> http //www wga hu/ Web Gallery of Art other versions <gallery> Hans Holbein d J - Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam - WGA11501 jpg Erasmus by Hans Holbein the Younger jpg Royal Collection </gallery> PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT Holbein Hans II;Erasmus;1523 Erasmus by Hans Holbein der Jüngere 1523 Images from Web Gallery of Art German Renaissance paintings in the National Gallery London 16th-century portrait paintings in the National Gallery London 1520s paintings in the United Kingdom 1523 portrait paintings Male 16th-century oil on panel paintings in the United Kingdom 16th-century oil portraits of men at half length 1523 16th-century portrait paintings in the United Kingdom 1523 16th-century tempera portraits of men 1523 Columns in portrait paintings 1523 Fur coats in art Green curtains in art Male fur clothing in art Pilasters in portraits Portrait paintings of men holding books 1523 Portrait paintings of men wearing black berets 1523 Portraits with ornamental background 1523 Tempera on panel Three-quarter view portrait paintings of men facing left Fur fashion in 1523 Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (sometimes known as Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam) (October 27, 1466/1469, Rotterdam – July 12, 1536, Basel) was a Dutch Renaissance humanist and a Catholic Christian theologian. His scholarly name Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus comprises the following three elements: the Latin noun desiderium ("longing" or "desire"; the name being a genuine Late Latin name); the Greek adjective ἐράσμιος (erásmios) meaning "desired", and, in the form Erasmus, also the name of a saint; and the Latinized adjectival form for the city of Rotterdam (Roterodamus = "of Rotterdam"). Erasmus was a classical scholar who wrote in a "pure" Latin style and enjoyed the sobriquet "Prince of the Humanists." He has been called "the crowning glory of the Christian humanists."[1] Using humanist techniques for working on texts, he prepared important new Latin and Greek editions of the New Testament. These raised questions that would be influential in the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation. He also wrote The Praise of Folly, Handbook of a Christian Knight, On Civility in Children, Copia: Foundations of the Abundant Style, Julius Exclusus, and many other works. Erasmus lived through the Reformation period and he consistently criticized some contemporary popular Christian beliefs. In relation to clerical abuses in the Church, Erasmus remained committed to reforming the Church from within. He also held to Catholic doctrines such as that of free will, which some Protestant Reformers rejected in favor of the doctrine of predestination. His middle road disappointed and even angered many Protestants, such as Martin Luther, as well as conservative Catholics. He died in Basel in 1536 and was buried in the formerly Catholic cathedral there, recently converted to a Reformed church. | ||||
