The true story behind a well-known piece of art:
德国艺术大师Albrecht Durer有一幅名画“祈祷之手”,这幅画的背后有一则爱与牺牲的故事。
Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! In order merely to keep food on the table for this mob, the father and head of the household, a goldsmith by profession, worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade and any other paying chore he could find in the neighborhood. Despite their seemingly hopeless condition, two of Albrecht Durer the Elder“s children had a dream. They both wanted to pursue their talent for art, but they knew full well that their father would never be financially able to send either of them to Nuremberg to study at the Academy
十五世纪时,在德国的一个小村庄里,住了一个有十八个孩子的家庭。父亲是一名冶金匠,为了维持一家生计,他每天工作十八个小时。生活尽管窘迫逼人,然而这个家庭其中两个孩子却有一个同样的梦想。他们两人都希望可以发展自己在艺术方面的天份。不过他们也了解,父亲无法在经济上供他们俩到纽伦堡艺术学院读书。
After many long discussions at night in their crowded bed, the two boys finally worked out a pact. They would toss a coin. The loser would go down into the nearby mines