The Physician (plate)
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The Physician (plate) is a woodcut from the late-medieval "Dance of Death" series, depicting Death confronting a doctor to illustrate the inevitability of mortality regardless of social status.
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dance of Death image
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artwork ⓘ woodcut print ⓘ |
| artForm | woodcut ⓘ |
| artMovement | late medieval art ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Christian eschatology
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Danse Macabre NERFINISHED ⓘ moralizing imagery ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition | European Dance of Death imagery ⓘ |
| culturalContext | late medieval Europe ⓘ |
| depicts |
Death
NERFINISHED
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confrontation between Death and a physician ⓘ doctor ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical art
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memento mori ⓘ |
| intendedFunction |
didactic reminder of death
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moral instruction ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
inevitability of death
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limits of medical knowledge ⓘ universality of mortality ⓘ vanity of social status ⓘ |
| message |
medicine cannot ultimately prevent death
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no social rank can escape death ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | shows Death summoning a physician ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Dance of Death NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| showsContrastBetween | professional authority and mortality ⓘ |
| subjectOccupation | physician ⓘ |
| subjectSocialClass | learned professional ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
death as inescapable
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equality of all people before death ⓘ powerlessness of physicians against death ⓘ |
| technique | relief printing ⓘ |
| visualMotif |
medical attire of the physician
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skeletal figure of Death ⓘ |
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