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Visual Cultures of Death in Central Europe: Contemplation and Commemoration in Early Modern Poland-Lithuania 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 Acknowledgements 10 A Note on Proper Names 13 List of Maps and Figures 14 Glossary 17 Introduction: The Central European Age of Contemplation and Commemoration 20 1: Frameworks for Visual Cultures of Death in Poland-Lithuania 35 Artistic Patronage in Poland-Lithuania 37 The Commonwealth and the Counter-Reformation 42 The Central European Printing Revolution 52 Plague and Warfare 59 Conclusion 71 2: Death Personified: The Skeleton and the Printed Image 73 Anatomical Treatises and the Melancholy Death 75 The Triumph of Death 84 Allegories of Death: The Wheel of Death 94 Conclusion 106 3: The Dance of Death in Central Europe: Indigenous Variations on a Familiar Theme 110 Dancing with Death in Medieval Western Europe and beyond 112 Performing the Dance of Death in Medieval Poland: Master Polikarpus’s Dialogue with Death 118 Death and the Friars: The Role of the Observant Franciscans 121 Conclusion 136 4: Triumphant Funerals: Ceremonial, Coffin Portraits and Catafalques 140 Processional Pomp: Heraldic Displays and the Theatre of Death 142 Chu

Author

Koutny-Jones, Aleksandra

Published

2015

Language

EN