Francis Douce's 'The Dance of Death' is a fascinating exploration of medieval art and culture, specifically focusing on the theme of mortality in the form of allegorical visual representations. Through...

Francis Douce's 'The Dance of Death' is a poignant and thought-provoking exploration of mortality and human frailty, set against the backdrop of the medieval allegorical tradition. Written in a lyrical...

The manner in which the poets and artists of antiquity have symbolized or personified Death, has excited considerable discussion; and the various opinions of Lessing, Herder, Klotz, and other controversialists...