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.

ﺩﺭ ﻗﺮﻥ ﭘﺎﻧﺰﺩﻫﻢ،ﺩﺭ ﺭﻭﺳﺘﺎﯾﯽ ﮐﻮﭼﮏ

ﻧﺰﺩﯾﮏ ﻧﻮﺭﻣﺒﺮﮒ،ﺧﺎﻧﻮﺍﺩﻩ ﺍﯼ ﺑﺎ ﻫﺠﺪﻩ

ﻓﺮﺯﻧﺪ ﺯﻧﺪﮔﯽ ﻣﯽ ﮐﺮﺩ.ﻫﺠﺪﻩ ﻓﺮﺯﻧﺪ!

ﺑﺮﺍﯼ ﺗﻬﯿﻪ ﻏﺬﺍﯼ ﺍﯾﻦ ﺧﺎﻧﻮﺍﺩﻩ ﭘﺮﺟﻤﻌﯿﺖ،

ﭘﺪﺭ ﺑﻌﻨﻮﺍﻥ ﺳﺮﭘﺮﺳﺖ ﺧﺎﻧﻮﺍﺩﻩ ﮐﻪ

ﺯﺭﮔﺮﯼ ﺧﺒﺮﻩ ﺑﻮﺩ،ﺗﻘﺮﯾﺒﺎ ﻫﺠﺪﻩ ﺳﺎﻋﺖ

ﺩﺭ ﺭﻭﺯ ﺑﻪ ﺍﯾﻦ ﮐﺎﺭ ﻭ ﻫﺮ ﮐﺎﺭﺳﺨﺖ

ﺩﯾﮕﺮﯼ ﮐﻪ ﻣﯽ ﺗﻮﺍﻧﺴﺖ ﭘﯿﺪﺍ ﮐﻨﺪ،

ﻣﺸﻐﻮﻝ ﺑﻮﺩ.

ﻋﻠﯿﺮﻏﻢ ﺷﺮﺍﯾﻂ ﻧﺎﺍﻣﯿﺪ ﮐﻨﻨﺪﻩ ﺯﻧﺪﮔﯽ

ﺷﺎﻥ،ﺩﻭ ﭘﺴﺮ ﺑﺰﺭﮔﺘﺮ ﺁﻟﺒﺮﺷﺖ ﺩﻭﺭﺭ،

ﺭﻭﯾﺎﯾﯽ ﺩﺭ ﺳﺮ ﻣﯽ ﭘﺮﻭﺭﺍﻧﺪﻧﺪ.ﺍﯾﻦ ﺩﻭ

ﻣﯽ ﺧﻮﺍﺳﺘﻨﺪ ﺍﺳﺘﻌﺪﺍﺩﺷﺎﻥ ﺭﺍ ﺩﺭ ﺭﺷﺘﻪ

ﻫﻨﺮ ﺍﺩﺍﻣﻪ ﺩﻫﻨﺪ ﻭﻟﯽ ﺧﻮﺏ ﻣﯽ ﺩﺍﻧﺴﺘﻨﺪ

ﮐﻪ ﭘﺪﺭﺷﺎﻥ ﻫﺮﮔﺰ ﺍﺯ ﻧﻈﺮﻣﺎﻟﯽ ﻗﺎﺩﺭ

ﻧﯿﺴﺖ ﻫﺮ ﺩﻭﯼ ﺁﻧﻬﺎ ﺭﺍ ﺑﺮﺍﯼ ﺍﺩﺍﻣﻪ

ﺗﺤﺼﯿﻞ ﺑﻪ ﺁﮐﺎﺩﻣﯽ ﻫﻨﺮ ﺩﺭ ﻧﻮﺭﻣﺒﺮﮒ

ﺑﻔﺮﺳﺘﺪ.