For other uses of Danse Macabre and Dance Macabre, see Danse Macabre (disambiguation).
"Dance of Death" and "Totentanz" redirect here. For other uses, see Dance of Death (disambiguation) and Totentanz (disambiguation).
The Dance of Death (1493) by Michael Wolgemut, from the Nuremberg Chronicle of Hartmann Schedel
The Danse Macabre (/dɑːnsməˈkɑːb(rə)/; French pronunciation:[dɑ̃sma.kabʁ]) (from the French language), also called the Dance of Death, is an artistic genre of allegory from the Late Middle Ages on the universality of death.
The Danse Macabre consists of the dead, or a personification of death, summoning representatives from all walks of life to dance along to the grave, typically with a pope, emperor, king, child, and labourer. The effect is both frivolous and terrifying, beseeching its audience to react emotionally. It was produced as memento mori, to remind people of the fragility of their lives and how vain are the glories of earthly life.[1] Its origins are postulated from illustrated sermon texts; the earliest recorded visual scheme (apart from 14th century Triumph of Death paintings) was a now-lost mural at Holy Innocents' Cemetery in Paris dating from 1424 to 1425.
^"Dance of Death". Catholic Encyclopedia. 20 February 2007.
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