A dance to the music of death
July 14, 2024 8:38 AM Subscribe
Death and the human A look at how the artistic figure of death taking people has changed over centuries, with links to sources. (SLPublic Domain Review)
It must have been quite the space, mittens.
It is quite a thing to envision Death as -partying- during mass death events.
posted by janell at 11:00 AM on July 14 [1 favorite]
It is quite a thing to envision Death as -partying- during mass death events.
posted by janell at 11:00 AM on July 14 [1 favorite]
It is indeed, Janell. Death parties but also organizes and MC's.
posted by doctornemo at 12:25 PM on July 14
posted by doctornemo at 12:25 PM on July 14
parties but also organizes and MC's & has an awesome place
posted by HearHere at 1:24 PM on July 14 [1 favorite]
posted by HearHere at 1:24 PM on July 14 [1 favorite]
In the fourth illustration that compositor is so clearly thinking "Do you mind, I am trying to get this line justified."
posted by Major Clanger at 1:24 PM on July 14 [3 favorites]
posted by Major Clanger at 1:24 PM on July 14 [3 favorites]
searching for something unrelated, i found a thread previously that (tangentially?) relates to this, from the article above: Scholars usually cite a 1424–25 mural painted in the Cimetière des Innocents in Paris as the earliest known visual depiction of the dance of death [dodedans], although the allegory had previously appeared in medieval plays
posted by HearHere at 3:22 PM on July 14 [2 favorites]
posted by HearHere at 3:22 PM on July 14 [2 favorites]
Nice catch, HearHere.
posted by doctornemo at 5:34 PM on July 14
posted by doctornemo at 5:34 PM on July 14
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posted by mittens at 9:08 AM on July 14 [2 favorites]