The Nun (plate)
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The Nun (plate) is a specific woodcut from the "Dance of Death" series depicting Death confronting a nun to illustrate the universality of mortality.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
ⓘ
woodcut print ⓘ |
| artMovement | Northern Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conceptuallyRelatedTo |
Danse Macabre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
late medieval attitudes toward death ⓘ |
| depicts |
Death confronting a nun
ⓘ
nun ⓘ personification of Death ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical print
ⓘ
religious art ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
memento mori
ⓘ
universality of death ⓘ vanitas ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Nun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| illustrates |
death of all social classes
ⓘ
inevitability of death ⓘ moralizing message about mortality ⓘ |
| intendedFunction |
didactic image
ⓘ
moral instruction ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| medium | woodcut ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Dance of Death NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represents | universality of mortality ⓘ |
| seriesType | Dance of Death series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | religious figure confronted by Death ⓘ |
| technique | relief printing ⓘ |
| visualMotif |
confrontation between Death and human
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female religious habit ⓘ skeletal Death figure ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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