The dance of death in the Middle Ages :
image, text, performance /
Elina Gertsman.

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Main Author
Gertsman, Elina.
Language(s)
English
Published
Turnhout : Brepols, ©2010.
Subjects
Scenisk konst > historia > Europa > medeltiden.
Litteratur > teman och motiv > historia > Europa > medeltiden.
Europeisk konst > teman och motiv > historia > medeltiden.
Dödsdansen i litteraturen.
Dödsdansen i konsten.
Dödsdansen > historia > medeltiden.
Performing arts > History > To 1500.
Literature, Medieval.
Art, Medieval.
Dance of death in literature.
Dance of death in art.
Dance of death.
Iconografie.
Literaire thema's.
Dood.
Totentanz
Literatur
Kunst
Performing arts.
Literature, Medieval > Themes, motives.
Dance of death in literature.
Dance of death in art.
Dance of death.
Art, Medieval > Themes, motives.
17.93 themes and motives in literature.
20.21 iconographic themes.
Littérature médiévale > Thèmes, motifs.
Art médiéval > Thèmes, motifs.
Danse macabre.
Performing arts > History > To 1500.
Literature, Medieval > Themes, motives.
Art, Medieval > Themes, motives.
Dance of death in literature.
Dance of death in art.
Dance of death.
History.
Summary
Elina Gertsman's multifaceted study introduces readers to the imagery and texts of the Dance of Death, an extraordinary subject that first emerged in western European art and literature in the late medieval era. Conceived from the start as an inherently public image, simultaneously intensely personal and widely accessible, the medieval Dance of Death proclaimed the inevitability of death and declaredhe futility of human ambition. Gerrsman inquires into the theological, socio-historic, literary, and artistic contexts of the Dance of Death, exploring it as a site of interaction between text, image, and beholder. Pulling together a wide variety of sources and drawing attention to those images that have slipped through the cracks of the art historical canon, Gertsman examines the visual, textual, aural, pastoral, and performative discourses that informed the creation and reception of the Dance of Death, and proposes different modes of viewing for several paintings, each of which invited the beholder to participate in an active, kinesthetic experience. --Book Jacket.
Physical Description
x, 356 pages, [4] folded leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
ISBN
250353063X
9782503530635
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