The Abbess (plate)
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The Abbess (plate) is a specific woodcut from the medieval "Dance of Death" series, depicting an abbess confronted by Death as part of the allegorical reminder of mortality.
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
ⓘ
print ⓘ woodcut ⓘ |
| artForm | printmaking ⓘ |
| artMovement | medieval art ⓘ |
| characterTypeDepicted |
female monastic
ⓘ
religious superior ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Christian Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Death
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
abbess ⓘ |
| depictsAllegorically |
spiritual accountability
ⓘ
transience of worldly power ⓘ |
| function |
didactic religious image
ⓘ
moral instruction ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical art
ⓘ
memento mori ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
equality in death
ⓘ
inevitability of death ⓘ mortality ⓘ religious hypocrisy ⓘ |
| iconography | Dance of Death NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general Christian public
ⓘ
religious communities ⓘ |
| isPartOf | medieval Dance of Death imagery tradition ⓘ |
| medium | woodcut ⓘ |
| moralMessage |
no one is exempt from death
ⓘ
spiritual preparation for death is necessary ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | confrontation between abbess and Death ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Dance of Death NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | death confronting a religious leader ⓘ |
| technique | relief printing ⓘ |
| visualContrastBetween | ecclesiastical dignity and skeletal Death ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.