DANSE MACABRE

Danse Macabre

A Selection of Woodcuts by Hans Holbein the Younger

Throughout the history of mankind we live with the knowledge that we will one day die, these images, both morbid and beautiful, illustrate this inescapable fact. Regardless of race, class, wealth, or creed, we are all in the throes of the dance of the dead. This book includes all forty-one of the original woodcuts depicting the Danse Macabre by one of the major figures of the genre.