Fairy Ring @fairyringquilt - Tumblr Blog

Death and the hermit - Etching attributed to J.A. Chovin, after the Basel Dance of Death.

#dansemacabre

The Countess - Hans Holbein

#dansemacabre

The Young Woman - Gerard van Battem (after Hans Holbein)

#dansemacabre

The Three Living and the Three Dead - Ulrich Gering and Berthold Rembolt

#dansemacabre

Lübeck's Dance of Death - C.J. Milde

#dansemacabre

Songs and Dances of Death - Modest Mussorgsky

1. Lullaby (Колыбельная) (14 April 1875)

A mother cradles her sick infant, who grows more feverish. Death appears, disguised as a babysitter, and rocks the infant to eternal sleep.

2. Serenade (Серенада) (11 May 1875)

The figure of Death waits outside the window of a dying woman, in the manner of a wooing lover.

3. Trepak (Трепак) (17 February 1875)

A drunken peasant stumbles outside into the snow and becomes caught in a blizzard. The figure of Death invites him to dance a folk-dance called the Trepak. As he freezes to death, he dreams of summer fields and doves.

4. The Field Marshal (Полководец) (5 June 1877)

The figure of Death is depicted as an officer marshaling, illuminated by the moon, the dead troops of both armies after a dreadful and bloody battle. She tells them: in life you were enemies but now you are comrades, because you're all dead, and I am your commanding officer. She assures them that although the living will forget about them, she will remember them, and will harden the earth above them so that they cannot be resurrected.

(via Wikipedia)

#dansemacabre

“Dance of Death”

#dansemacabre

Emperor, your sword won't help you out Sceptre and crown are worthless here I've taken you by the hand For you must come to my dance

Vierzeiliger oberdeutscher Totentanz, Heidelberger Blockbuch, c. 1460

#dansemacabre

Se conoscer mi voi mi scoprirai - Giuseppe Maria Mitelli

“If you know me you will discover me”

#dansemacabre

Basel’s Dance of Death - Hieronymus Hess

#dansemacabre

From Hans Holbein’s Simolachri, Historie, e Figure de la Morte

#dansemacabre

Dance of Death - Hans Holbein (1523 - 1525)

The Old Woman, The Abbot, The Knight, The Monk, The Nobleman, The Abbess, The Advocate, The Bishop, The Lady, The Old Man

#dansemacabre

lucysskeleton

Michael Wolgemut, Dance of Death, 1493

Source

#dansemacabre

loynosca

La Grande Danse Macabre

Today we take a look at our 1862 edition of La Grande Danse Macabre.

This 1862 edition, published in Paris, was based on an edition published in 1641 in Troyes, which in turn was based on other pervious editions dating back to 1486.

The text consists of poetic dialogue between death and it’s many victims; men and women of all stations of life. Striking woodcuts illustrate the danse throughout.