Medieval Danse Macabre
Exposer le cadavre de l'ennemi
Danses Macabres d'Europe. Bulletin no. 44, January 2012, p. 20
Report of the recent sale of four skulls, apparently displayed in Prague 1621-1848.
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Download (.pdf) Of dead dukes, kings and constables: the historical context of the Danse Macabre in late medieval Paris
Published in the Journal of the British Archaeological Association (JBAA), 161 (2008), 131-162
The starting point in most studies on the medieval Danse Macabre is the mural that was created in the cemetery of Les... more
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'Alas, poor Yorick.' Death, the fool, the mirror and the danse macabre
Published in S. Knöll (ed.), Narren - Masken - Karneval. Meisterwerke von Dürer bis Kubin aus der Düsseldorfer Graphiksammlung "Mensch und Tod" (Regensburg, 2009), 20-32
Shakespeare's fools have a long history: while some (like Hamlet) use madness as a cloak to hide their designs, other... more
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