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Author: Ann Tukey Harrison
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780873384735
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 'Danse Macabre' of Women is a 15th-century French poem found in an illuminated late-medieval manuscript. This book contains reproductions of each manuscript folio, a translation and explanatory chapters by Ann Tukey Harrison. Art historian Sandra L. Hindman also contributes a chapter.
Author: Stefanie Knöll
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2015-06-18
Total Pages: 450
ISBN-13: 1443879223
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis groundbreaking collection of essays by a host of international authorities addresses the many aspects of the Danse Macabre, a subject that has been too often overlooked in Anglo-American scholarship. The Danse was once a major motif that occurred in many different media and spread across Europe in the course of the fifteenth century, from France to England, Germany, Scandinavia, Poland, Spain, Italy and Istria. Yet the Danse is hard to define because it mixes metaphors, such as dance, di ...
Author: Laurell K. Hamilton
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2006-06-27
Total Pages: 502
ISBN-13: 1101146826
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the thralls of supernatural passion, Anita Blake faces a most human dilemma.
Author: Hans Holbein
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Published: 1892
Total Pages: 138
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Hans Holbein
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2016-09-22
Total Pages: 62
ISBN-13: 9781539025757
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Dance of Death Danse Macabre Hans Holbein With an introductory note by Austin Dobson Dance 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.
Author: Megan L Cook
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Published: 2019-10-31
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 1580444083
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume joins new editions of both texts of John Lydgate's The Dance of Death, related Middle English verse, and a new translation of Lydgate's French source, the Danse macabre. Together these poems showcase the power of the danse macabre motif, offering a window into life and death in late medieval Europe. In vivid, often grotesque, and darkly humorous terms, these poems ponder life's fundamental paradox: while we know that we all must die, we cannot imagine our own death.
Author: Desmond Manderson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-04-18
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 1107158664
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA revolutionary approach exploring legal themes such as justice, legitimacy, sovereignty, and power through close readings of major works of art.
Author: Dr. Steven Parris Ward
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2012-12-28
Total Pages: 78
ISBN-13: 1479768316
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Dance Macabre is an epic poem which deals in one respect with the universality of death. Irrespective of one’s class in life, the dance of death unites all. The poem may be linked to a tradition found in many cultures: for Danse Macabre (French), Danza Macabra (Italian and Spanish), or Totentanz (German), were late-medieval allegories which invariably represented a personified Death leading a row of dancing figures to the grave; typically with an emperor, king,youngster, and beautiful girl in the entourage. The intention of such tales and images remind people of how fragile their lives are, and how vain are the glories of earthly life. Its origins derive from illustrated sermon texts; the earliest artistic examples being similar to the one depicted onthe cover, which is adapted from an image found in a cemetery in Paris circa 1424.
Author: Tony Magistrale
Publisher: New York : Twayne Publishers ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 218
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwayne's United States Authors, English Authors, and World Authors Series present concise critical introductions to great writers and their works. Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an author's work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volume addresses readers ranging from advanced high school students to university professors. The book suggests to the informed reader new ways of considering a writer's work. Each volume features: -- A critical, interpretive study and explication of the author's works -- A brief biography of the author -- An accessible chronology outlining the life, the work, and relevant historical context -- Aids for further study: complete notes and references, a selected annotated bibliography and an index -- A readable style presented in a manageable length
