The Child (plate)
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The Child (plate) is a specific woodcut from the "Dance of Death" series, depicting Death confronting or claiming a child as part of the allegorical cycle on mortality.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
ⓘ
woodcut print ⓘ |
| artForm | printmaking ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Danse Macabre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
late medieval attitudes toward death ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Christian Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Death confronting a child
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inevitability of death ⓘ mortality ⓘ |
| function |
didactic reminder of mortality
ⓘ
moral instruction ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical art
ⓘ
memento mori ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Death
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
child ⓘ |
| movement | Northern Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | scene of a child claimed by Death ⓘ |
| partOf | Dance of Death NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Dance of Death series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesPosition | one scene among multiple social types in Dance of Death ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
death’s reach over all ages
ⓘ
inevitability of death even for children ⓘ |
| technique | woodcut ⓘ |
| theme |
death of the innocent
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fragility of life ⓘ moral allegory ⓘ universality of death ⓘ |
| visualMotif |
confrontation between Death and the living
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personification of Death ⓘ small child ⓘ |
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