The Alphabet of Death.

By Alex in Art, Pictures on Sep 21, 2006 at 7:17 am

Hans Holbein the Younger was famous for his Dance of Death (Danse Macabre [wiki]) woodcuts. But that’s not his only morbid artwork, he also created the Alphabet of Death, which was originally published in the 1500s.

Link – Thanks Yayo!

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ZombieFodder
Sep 21st, 2006 at 1:36 pm
It reminds me of Edward Gorey‘s Gashlycrumb Tinies
Jennifer
Sep 21st, 2006 at 6:41 pm
I have Holbein’s Danse here:
http://altreligion.about.com/library/graphics/bl_galleryholbein.htm

And many more images of death:

http://altreligion.about.com/od/imagesofdeath/

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