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Dance of Death Window, Münster of Bern

11/4/2010

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PictureDance of Death window, Bern Münster, Ⓒ Christoph Hurni
The Dance of Death is an absolute favourite theme of mine.  It is a lyrical, haunting, horrible and humourous allegory of the universality and inevitablity of death, across all ages and walks of life.  These photos are of the Totentanz window in Bern Münster, and are all Ⓒ Christoph Hurni

The information I've found so far suggests that the window was made around 1450.  However, some of the close-ups clearly show dates of 1917 & 1918 (and the glass is in too good condition for it to be 550 years old....).  It is popularly believed that the Dance of Death became popular in the mid-15th Century, following a chain of catastrophes across Europe - so perhaps these were re-imagined in the 20th Century as a response to World War I?  I'll research further and update this post.

In the meantime, I hope you enjoy these macabre pieces......


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Dance of Death window, Bern Münster, Ⓒ Christoph Hurni
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Dance of Death window, Bern Münster, Ⓒ Christoph Hurni
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Dance of Death window, Bern Münster, Ⓒ Christoph Hurni
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Dance of Death window, Bern Münster, Ⓒ Christoph Hurni
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