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Danse Macabre, Book of Hours, 15th Century
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Title: Danse Macabre, Book of Hours, 15th Century
Caption: Illuminated manuscript taken from The Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, or Très Riches Heures, one of the best examples of French Gothic manuscript illumination surviving to the present day. It is a book of hours: a collection of prayers to be said at canonical hours. It was created between circa 1412 and 1416 for for the extravagant royal bibliophile and patron John, Duke of Berry, by the Limbourg brothers. Dance of Death, also called Danse Macabre (French), Danza Macabra (Italian), Dansul Mortii (Romanian), Danza de la Muerte (Spanish), Dansa de la Mort (Catalan), Danca Macabra (Portuguese language), Totentanz (German), Dodendans (Dutch), Surmatants (Estonian), 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.
Category: ILLUSTRATION • black & white • CULTURE • History: Middle Ages
Credit: Album / Science Source / New York Public Library
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Image size: 3300 × 3838 px | 36.2 MB
Print size: 27.9 × 32.5 cm | 1299.2 × 1511.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 15TH CENTURY • ALLEGORICAL • ALLEGORY • ART • ARTWORK • BLACK & WHITE • BOOK OF HOURS • COLLECTION OF PRAYERS • CULTURE • DANCA MACABRA • DANCE OF DEATH • DANSA DE LA MORT • DANSE MACABRE • DANSUL MORTII • DANZA DE LA MUERTE • DANZA MACABRA • DER TOTENTANZ • DODENDANS • DRAWING • FIGURE OF DEATH • GOTHIC MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION • GOTHIC • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HISTORY: MIDDLE AGES • ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPMIDDLE AGES • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • LIVRE D'HEURES, DUC BERRY • MEDIEVAL • MEMENTO MORI • PRAYER BOOK DUC DE BERRY • SKELETAL • SKELETON • SURMATANTS • SYMBOL • SYMBOLIC • SYMBOLISM • TOTENTANZ • TRES RICHES HEURES DU DUC DE BERRY • TRES RICHES HEURES • TRèS RICHES HEURES DU DUC DE BERRY • TRèS RICHES HEURES
