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This book introduces readers to the texts and imagery of the Dance of Death, a subject that first emerged in western European art and literature in the late medieval era. Depicting a long procession of representatives of different classes and ages, seized by prancing skeletons, the Dance eloquently communicated the message of the inevitability of death and the futility of human ambition. The image was frequently accompanied by verses, written in the vernacular, which comprised a dialogue between Death and its victims. The volume inquires into the theological, socio-historic, literary and artistic contexts of the Dance of Death, exploring it as a site of interaction between text, image and beholder. The first part of the book outlines the structures of visual, textual, aural, pastoral and performative discourses that informed the creation and reception of the Dance of Death images. The second part proposes different modes of viewing for four particular Dance of Death paintings, each of which—shaped by its artist, patron, local context and local audience—offered the beholder an active, kinesthetic experience necessarily predicated on movement.

History of civilization --- art history --- dodendans --- Iconography --- anno 500-1499 --- Dance of death --- Danse macabre --- Death in art --- Dodendans --- Dood in de kunst --- Mort dans l'art --- Christian art and symbolism --- iconografie --- Dood --- geschiedenis --- middeleeuwen --- Holbein, Hans (De Oude) --- 15de eeuw --- Dance of death in art --- Dance of death in literature --- Art, Medieval --- Literature, Medieval --- Performing arts --- Themes, motives --- History --- 7.045 --- 091.31:7.04 --- 091:393 --- Iconografie: allegorieen; symbolen; dodendansen; emblemata --- Verluchte handschriften: iconografie --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi-:-Dood. Dodengebruiken. Dodenritueel. Lijkverbranding. Begrafenis. Crematie. Rouw. Opbaren. Lijkstoet. Sterven. Dodenmaskers --- 091:393 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi-:-Dood. Dodengebruiken. Dodenritueel. Lijkverbranding. Begrafenis. Crematie. Rouw. Opbaren. Lijkstoet. Sterven. Dodenmaskers --- 091.31:7.04 Verluchte handschriften: iconografie --- 7.045 Iconografie: allegorieen; symbolen; dodendansen; emblemata --- Show business --- Arts --- Performance art --- Death, Dance of --- Subjects --- Art [Medieval ] --- Literature [Medieval ] --- To 1500 --- middeleeuwen, middeleeuwse geschiedenis (historisch tijdvak) --- Art, Medieval - Themes, motives --- Literature, Medieval - Themes, motives --- Performing arts - History - To 1500 --- dodendans. --- iconografie. --- Dood. --- geschiedenis. --- middeleeuwen, middeleeuwse geschiedenis (historisch tijdvak). --- Holbein, Hans (De Oude). --- 15de eeuw. --- Moyen âge