The Dance of Death: Danse Macabre - Brossura

Holbein, Hans

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1539025756 ISBN 13: 9781539025757

Casa editrice: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Riassunto

The Dance of DeathDanse MacabreHans HolbeinWith an introductory note by Austin DobsonDance of Death, also called Danse Macabre, is an artistic genre of late-medieval allegory on the universality of death: no matter one's station in life, the Dance of Death unites all. The Danse Macabre consists of the dead or personified Death summoning representatives from all walks of life to dance along to the grave, typically with a pope, emperor, king, child, and labourer. They were produced as mementos mori, to remind people of the fragility of their lives and how vain were the glories of earthly life. Its origins are postulated from illustrated sermon texts; the earliest recorded visual scheme was a now-lost mural in the Saints Innocents Cemetery in Paris dating from 1424 to 1425.

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Hans Holbein

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• Editore: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1539025756
• ISBN 13: 9781539025757
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 62