Thursday, September 07, 2006

Scenes from Les simulacres de la Mort by Hans Holbein
In 1538, Hans Holbein the Younger published his Dance of death, featuring scenes of people from all walks of life being led away by death. Of course, this morbid imagery is a reflection of the plague that was still raging throughout Europe. Fittingly, Holbein died of the plague some years later. I find these pretty interesting.





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