-- Nick Lezard. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The greater part of this Dover edition (the first 104 pages) consists of a facsimile of that 1538 book. The first edition of the novel was published in 2005, and was written by Douglas Preston. An illustration of an open book. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Llama Drama: A two-woman, 5,500-mile cycling adventure through South America (Anna's Adventures Book 3), Penguin Classics; Reprint Edition (6 Oct. 2016), Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 November 2016. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. This is a surprisingly lukewarm version of Holbein’s Dance of Death. In the 1520s Holbein was based in the Swiss city of Basel , there he was a struggling artist and in … We use cookies and similar tools to enhance your shopping experience, to provide our services, understand how customers use our services so we can make improvements, and display ads. (Dover Fine Art, History of Art), Treasury of Medieval Illustrations (Dover Pictorial Archive). Ulinka Rublack introduces the woodcuts with a remarkable essay on the late medieval danse macabre and the world Holbein lived in. 'The underlying message of the series is, of course, that Death comes for us all, and if it interrupts the recreations of the wealthy rather more insolently than those of the poor, then let that be a lesson to us' Nick Lezard, GuardianA new departure in Penguin Classics: a book containing one of the greatest of all Renaissance woodcut sequences - Holbein's bravura danse macabre. An invaluable new reproduction of Holbein’s woodcuts of The Dance of Death One of Hans Holbein’s first great triumphs, The Dance of Death is an incomparable sequence of tiny woodcuts showing the folly of human greed and pride. An illustration of two cells of a film strip. The worst scene is probably the Pope,who in a most unchristian way — lets the emperor kiss his feet,surrounded by corpses and devils.Admittedly the cardinal and bishop are also ambiguous, but they can be re-interprete… Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 December 2016, excellent book. Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) was a Swiss and German artist renowned for his portraiture. Choose from over 13,000 locations across the UK, Prime members get unlimited deliveries at no additional cost, Dispatch to this address when you check out. The dance of death Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. The Adventures of Simplicius Simplicissimus (Penguin Classics), The Dance of Death: 41 Woodcuts (Dover Fine Art, History of Art). This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of 560 pages and is available in Mass Market Paperback format. Holbein's Dance of Death was first published in collected book form in 1538 in Lyons, France. Taking full advantage of the new literary culture of the early 16th century, The Dance of Death took an old medieval theme and made it new. But the book as a whole is a bargain and an imaginative piece of publishing. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 February 2017, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 January 2017, Excellent collection of woodcuts and fascinating commentary, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 December 2016, The first half of this book comprises the pictures. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Unable to add item to List. Sorry, there was a problem saving your cookie preferences. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. An illustration of an audio speaker. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. The Complete Engravings, Etchings and Drypoints of Albrecht Dürer. Something went wrong. While I was familiar with much of Holbein's visual work, his woodcuts were unknown to me. The prints are fine, printed approximately double the size of the original woodcuts. Free download or read online Dance of Death pdf (ePUB) (Pendergast Series) book. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. and over 8 million other books are available for, Religious Art, Architecture & Photography, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. -Expert Facts Fact 1: First seen in a Parisian cemetery in 1427, Danse Macabre is an art genre that depicts the dead leading people to graves., Fact 2: Noted for his portraiture and woodcutting, Hans Holbein was not credited for his work in the original 1538 edition., Fact 3:, Fact 4: An estimated 50 million people died from the Black Death, over half of Europe's population., Fact 5: ", Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 December 2016, As an artist myself, i bought this book purely for the beautiful woodcuts. There's a problem loading this menu at the moment. Please try your request again later. Audio. Try again. Each image is packed with drama, wit, and horror, as a skeleton mocks and terrifies everyone from the emperor to a ploughman. Please try again. One of Holbein's first great triumphs, The Dance of Death is an incomparable sequence of tiny woodcuts showing the folly of human greed and pride, with each image packed with drama, wit and horror as a skeleton mocks and terrifies everyone from the emperor to a ploughman. Approved third parties also use these tools in connection with our display of ads. Books. There are 41 in the Dance of Death series. The underlying message of the series is, of course, that Death comes for us all, and if it interrupts the recreations of the wealthy rather more insolently than those of the poor, then let that be a lesson to us... Rublack's commentary is useful and illuminating, pointing out details, providing information about the time Holbein lived in, and even making a plausible case for her own views on Holbein's position on the reformation. Good prints, even though it is a paperback, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 December 2016. he book was banned by the French general inquisitor Vidal de Bécanis,and one understands why — considering the ecclesiastical and social criticism.Those were uneasy times, with fights between Protestants and Catholics,and people still remembered the peasants' rebellion of the 1520'ies. They're printed at approximately 9cm x 13cm, which is several times larger than the original woodcuts. Inasmuch as it was written and published in 16th-Century French, few modern native-English-speaking readers are likely to be drawn to it. They really are amazing, and have been a great source of inspiration for my illustrations and tattoo designs, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 November 2016. One of these items is dispatched sooner than the other. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. This edition of The Dance of Death reproduces a complete set from the British Museum, with many details highlighted and examples of other works in this grisly field. 1-Click ordering is not available for this item. As a young artist Holbein worked in Basel where he produced one of his well-known works The Dance of Death, a series of 41 wood cuttings on the medieval concept of the danse macabre. Software. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. What the book is, is a reproduction of his woodcut series The Dance of Death with the the Alphabet of Death, and in this edition an accompanying essay by Ulinka Rublack. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Buy The Dance of Death (Penguin Classics) Reprint by Holbein, Hans, Rublack, Ulinka (ISBN: 9780141396828) from Amazon's Book Store. The essay which goes with it is illuminating if occasionally jarring as some of its prose is not as fluent as one would expect. Prime members enjoy fast & free shipping, unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows with Prime Video and many more exclusive benefits. Video. I have a feeling that they would have given a better impression of the period if they had been printed in their original size, but I can understand why the publisher chose to go for the larger size. He returned to England in 1532 at a time of political and religious turmoil under Henry VIII's reign and found favour with the Boleyn family and Thomas Cromwell, becoming the King's Painter in 1536. An illustration of a 3.5" floppy disk. The main characters of this mystery, thriller story are Aloysius X.L. This edition makes this sequence of very small woodcuts available in a larger form than the originals so that much of the detail is more easily seen and the iconographic references can be more easily followed. They show Death, in the form of a skeleton, claiming people from various walks of life: the Pope, a Duke, a ploughman....The primary message is clear; as it says in Ecclesiastes (2:16), "And how dieth the wise man? as the fool. He died in London in 1543. In 1526 Holbein travelled to England on Erasmus's recommendation and there he executed some of his most impressive works, such as his portrait of Sir Thomas More. It also analyses reviews to verify trustworthiness. It's nice to see them larger than the originals as otherwise they would have been too small to appreciate all the fine detail in them.