Hans Holbein's Dance of Death redefined the death emblem books, offering a framework for artists afterwards to emulate (and they did ). There are forty-one plates in the original 1538 edition, all reproduced here at 4.5"" by 6"" in size, and including the original title in English, the German text accompanying each image, as well as a Latin verse. These are followed by the original Dance of Death Alphabet, an initial caps set. All the images in this book have been scanned from the original 1538 edition and digitally cleaned up for reproduction.
Hans Holbein's Dance of Death redefined the death emblem books, offering a framework for artists afterwards to emulate (and they did ). There are fort...
Hans Holbein's Dance of Death redefined the death emblem books, offering a framework for artists afterwards to emulate (and they did ). There are forty-one plates in the original 1538 edition, all reproduced here at 4.5" by 6" in size, and including the original title in English, the German text accompanying each image, as well as a Latin verse. These are followed by the original Dance of Death Alphabet, an initial caps set. All the images in this book have been scanned from the original 1538 edition and digitally cleaned up for reproduction.
Hans Holbein's Dance of Death redefined the death emblem books, offering a framework for artists afterwards to emulate (and they did ). There are fort...
Read the Holy Bible like a novel, not like a textbook This version of the Holy Bible capitalizes on a new presentation style that has become more popular over the last few years, and one that is closer to the original version than most current ones. We've dispensed with chapter and verse numbers (they weren't added until the 1200s and 1500s, respectively), and we've put books that were split apart because they wouldn't fit on a single scroll (e.g., Ezra and Nehemiah) back into single books. We've also rearranged some of the books so they follow a more logical timeline and progression. We...
Read the Holy Bible like a novel, not like a textbook This version of the Holy Bible capitalizes on a new presentation style that has become more pop...