Speculum Mortis - The Image of Death in Late Medieval Bohemian Painting

This book examines the visualization of personified death. It analyzes all preserved examples of macabre iconography in late medieval Bohemian paintings in the context of period culture and devotion.

List of contents

Introduction: Four Last Things: Dying and Death in the Middle Ages

Chapter 1: Imago mortis: Image of Death in Early and High Medieval Art

Chapter 2: Death of the Apocalypse

Chapter 3: Mors triumfans: Triumph of Death in the Broumov Charnel House in the Context of Period Funeral Liturgy and Theology

Chapter 4: Memento mori: The Legend of the Three Living and the Three Dead as a Polysemantic Presentation of Death in Late Medieval Bohemian Mural Painting

Chapter 5: Ars moriendi and Symmetry of Sin: The Krumlov Miscellanea as a Vademecum of Virtuous Life, Perfect Penance, and the Good Death

Chapter 6: Danse macabre: Two Prague Dances of Death as a Critique of the Sinful World

About the author

Daniela Rywiková is assistant professor of art history at the University of Ostrava.

Summary

This book examines the visualization of personified death. It analyzes all preserved examples of macabre iconography in late medieval Bohemian paintings in the context of period culture and devotion.

Product details

• Authors: Daniela Rywikova, Daniela Rywiková
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781498586573
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8657-3
• No. of pages: 236
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Europe, European History, ART / European, Medieval History, History of Art, Art treatments & subjects, History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, The Arts: treatments and subjects, Medieval style, ART / History / European / Medieval