The Dances of Death: Through the Various Stages of Human Life: Wherein the Capriciousness of that Tyrant is Exhibited — John Shaqi
The Dances of Death: Through the Various Stages of Human Life: Wherein the Capriciousness of that Tyrant is Exhibited
Philosophy
The Dances of Death: Through the Various Stages of Human Life: Wherein the Capriciousness of that Tyrant is Exhibited
Dance of death; Dance of death in art
Nos premiers Parens chassés par l’Ange, s’enfuyent du Paradis terrestre
précédés de la Mort, qui joue de la guitare, & démontre en dansant la
joie qu’elle ressent de son triomphe.
PLATE IV.—CONDEMNATION TO LABOUR.
Holbein, to mark at once the species of labour which is the lot of man,
and that which falls to the share of the woman, represents Adam employed
in rooting up a tree, along with Death, who helps him with all his might;
and at a little distance Eve suckling her child, and holding a distaff.
[Illustration: _Maledicta terram in opere tuo, in laboribus comedes
cunctis diebus vitæ tuæ donet revertaris, &c. Gen. iii. 14._]
PLANCHE IV.—LA CONDEMNATION AU TRAVAIL.
Holbein, pour marquer en même tems le genre de travail qui est le
partage de l’homme, & celui qui est le partage de la femme, représente
Adam occupé à déraciner un arbre, avec la Mort qui l’aide de toutes
ses forces, & un peu plus loin, Eve allaitant son enfant & tenant une
quenouille.
PLATE V.—THE POPE CROWNING AN EMPEROR.
A cardinal and three bishops are assisting at the ceremony; Death is
there also under the figure of two skeletons, one of which is dressed
in cardinal’s robes, the other embraces the holy Father, with the right
hand, and is leaning on a crutch with the left.
[Illustration: _Moriatur sacerdos magnus. Josh. xx. 6._
_Et episcopatum ejus accipiat alter. Psal. cviii. 8._]
PLANCHE V.—LE PAPE COURONNANT UN EMPEREUR.
Un cardinal & trois evêques assistent à cette cérémonie; la Mort s’y
trouve aussi sous la figure de deux squelettes, dont l’un est revêtu des
habits de cardinal; l’autre embrasse le St. Père de la main droite, et
s’appuie de la gauche sur une béquille.
PLATE VI.—THE CARDINAL.
A messenger has just presented to him, on his knees, the bull that
constitutes him a cardinal. Death seizes this moment to make his
appearance, and seems to want to turn his hat upon his head. The
messenger is holding in his right hand a tin box, hung by a strap, in
which he had, no doubt, carried the bull, which the new made cardinal
holds in his right hand with the seals appended to it.
[Illustration: _Væ qui justificatis impium pro muneribus, et justitiam
justi aufertis ab eo. Isa. v. 23._]
PLANCHE VI.—LE CARDINAL.
Un messager vient de lui remettre, en faisant une génuflexion, la
bulle qui le fait cardinal. La Mort saisit ce moment pour paroître, et
semble vouloir lui faire tourner son chapeau sur la tête. Le messager
tient de la main droite une boîte de fer-blanc, pendu à une courroie,
et dans laquelle il avoit sans doute apporté la bulle, que le cardinal
nouvellement créé tient à la main droite avec les sceaux y affixé.
PLATE VII.—THE ELECTOR.
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