Dance of Death

Connected Sites: 4

Definition
WHS where representations of the Dance of Death or Danse Macabre are or have been displayed. The Dance of Death 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. The Danse Macabre consists of the dead or personified Death summoning representatives from all walks of life to dance along to the grave, typically with a pope, emperor, king, child, and labourer. (wiki)

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  • Old City of Berne
    Inscribed: 1983
    3.35
    310
    10
    Stained glass window at the Bern Minister. The figures on the Münster window were done by Niklaus Manuel between 1516 and 1519 (wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Lübeck
    Lübeck
    Germany
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.19
    277
    9
    St. Mary's Church: originally a 15th century painting was displayed here, nowadays stained glass windows with the theme
    See www.lamortdanslart.com
  • Tallinn
    Tallinn
    Estonia
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.72
    370
    17
    Painting in St. Nicholas Church
    See www.lamortdanslart.com
  • Salzburg
    Salzburg
    Austria
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.75
    453
    17
    At St. Peter's cemetery