The Dance Of Death is a photograph by Sheila Terry/science Photo Library which was uploaded on September 25th, 2018.
The Dance Of Death
La Danse Macabre. Coloured engraving of a dance of death. The medieval engraving comprises a group skeletons dancing and playing musical instruments.... more
Title
The Dance Of Death
Artist
Sheila Terry/science Photo Library
Medium
Photograph
Description
La Danse Macabre. Coloured engraving of a dance of death. The medieval engraving comprises a group skeletons dancing and playing musical instruments. These images were religion-based, as an allegory on the universality of death. Taken from The Book of Chronicles, by Hartmann Scedel, published in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1493.
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September 25th, 2018