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Cadever Tomb
A cadaver tomb or transi (or “Memento Mori Tomb”) is a type of tomb with a life-size sculpture of the decomposing person represented in the tomb lying on top of it. They were supposed influenced by the “danse macabre” art occurring around the same period of the middle ages, and due to the expense and time of creating the…
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Dancing With Death
Originating in France in the early fifteenth century, “danse macabre” was an artistic genre of memento mori, depicting skeletons dancing together – usually in a line or circle – as was typical of the dancing style of the middle ages. Many original versions of “danse macabre” can be found in Medieval churches across France, Germany,…