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danse macabre
Also known as dance of death
artistic motif on the universality of death
Key facts
- Author
- Hans Holbein the Younger
- Original title
- Danse Macabre
- Genre
- Allegory , satire, woodcuts and death
- Publication place
- England
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- 2. Holbein death merchant.300dpi.jpg
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- Commons category
- Danse Macabre
Sources (4)
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Article
The Dance of Death (1493) by Michael Wolgemut, from the Nuremberg Chronicle of Hartmann Schedel
The Danse Macabre (/dɑːns məˈkɑːb(rə)/; French pronunciation: [dɑ̃s ma.kabʁ]), also called the Dance of Death, is an artistic genre of allegory from the Late Middle Ages on the universality of death.